Insurer Seeks Summary Judgment In Out-Of-Network Substance Abuse Payment Case

(March 30, 2022, 1:26 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — Plaintiffs challenging reimbursement for out-of-network substance abuse claims point to no plan provision entitling them to additional payments, cannot base claims on routine coverage verification calls, improperly base California unfair competition law claims on assignments of rights and cannot show different treatment of similar procedures as required for their parity act claims, an insurer tells a federal judge in seeking partial summary judgment in a March 25 memorandum....