5th Circuit: Hospital Seeking Benefits Doesn’t Need Specific Language From Every Plan

Mealey's (June 15, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on June 12 partially reinstated a hospital’s claims for unpaid or underpaid benefits, ruling that claims for benefits under 29 U.S.C. Section 1132(a)(1)(B) don’t need to identify the specific language of every plan provision to survive dismissal (Innova Hospital San Antonio, Limited Partnership v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Incorporated, et al., No. 14-11300, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 15786)....