Doctor Had No Right To Health Plan Document, Panel Says In Affirming Dismissal

Mealey's (August 28, 2018, 8:53 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A dermatologist’s suit against a health plan and a plan administrator was properly dismissed, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Aug. 24 after determining that the plan administrator did not violate the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act by failing to provide the dermatologist with a copy of the summary plan description because the dermatologist had no right to obtain the plan document (W.A. Griffin, M.D. v. Aetna Health Inc., et al., No. 17-13113, 11th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 24050)....