Panel Rejects Hospital’s Claim It Was Underpaid In ERISA Row

Mealey's (March 23, 2020, 12:44 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — In a March 19 ruling, a panel of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a Texas federal judge’s determination that an out-of-network hospital failed to prove during an eight-day bench trial that Cigna Healthcare abused its discretion in adjusting health care claims assigned by patients to the hospital (North Cypress Medical Center Operating Co. Ltd., et al. v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Co., et al., No. 18-20576, 5th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 8693)....