Magistrate Judge Won’t Sever Government-Sponsored Plan From Health Care Action

Mealey's (October 17, 2018, 2:17 PM EDT) -- CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — While the employers, plans and claims differ, a chiropractor’s action seeking compensation for medical care he provided stems from a common health insurance administrator’s reliance on its internal guidelines, a federal magistrate judge in New York held Oct. 12 in denying a motion to sever one of the defendants and recommending that the court deny a motion to dismiss that defendant (Raymond A. Semente, D.C., P.C. v. Empire Healthcare, et al., No. 14-5823, E.D. N.Y., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 177086)....