Judge: Health Care Providers’ ERISA, UCL Claims Survive Dismissal

Mealey's (April 19, 2021, 1:50 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — Substance abuse providers’ allegation that they lost revenue as a result of an insurers’ pricing scheme keeps a California unfair competition law (UCL) claim alive, and vague references to an appeals process are not enough to require administrative exhaustion before suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, a federal judge in California said April 14 in partially denying motions to dismiss....