Health Insurer Says It Followed ERISA Plan Guidelines, Judgment Warranted

Mealey's (January 12, 2018, 1:28 PM EST) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A court can adequately manage its docket without staying proceedings while considering a motion for remand, a motion it should deny and then grant summary judgment, because an insurer’s actions complied with the terms of the insured’s Employee Retirement Income Security Act plan, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida told a federal judge on Jan. 11 (Premier Inpatient Partners LLC, et al. v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Inc., Nos. 17-3000, 17-3001, M.D. Fla.)....