Provider Seeks Rehearing After Panel Rules On Assignment, ERISA Preemption

Mealey's (September 30, 2019, 12:57 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A dialysis provider in a Sept. 25 petition asks the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to review a Sept. 11 panel ruling finding that a health care plan precluded assignment of Employee Retirement Income Security Act rights and that ERISA preempted a Tennessee statute making insurers liable to third-party providers (Dialysis Newco Inc., et al. v. Community Health Systems Group Health Plan, et al., No. 18-40863, 5th Cir.)....