Judge: Suit Challenges Rate, Not Entitlement To Payment, Evades ERISA Preemption

(June 14, 2017, 2:39 PM EDT) -- DALLAS — A hospital group’s state law claims challenge the rate an insurer paid and do not involve a dispute over the right to compensation, providing an independent duty and escaping ERISA preemption, a federal judge in Texas held June 9 (Kindred Hospitals Limited Partnership d/b/a Kindred Hospital Houston Medical Center, et al. v. Aetna Life Insurance Co., et al., No. 16-3379, N.D. Texas, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 89285)....

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