Judge: Insurance Plans’ Anti-Assignment Provisions Bar ERISA Suit

Mealey's (September 15, 2022, 12:47 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Anti-assignment provisions preclude a provider from pursing an Employee Retirement Income Security Act lawsuit, and those provisions were not waived by direct payments the insurer made or its contacts with the provider, a federal judge in New York said Sept. 8 in dismissing an action....