Mealey's (September 17, 2019, 12:19 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Direct payments to health care providers do not waive anti-assignment provisions or transform the provider into the type of party that can sue an insurer under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, industry groups tell the U.S. Supreme Court in a Sept. 13 amicus curiae brief opposing review (Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Co. v. Encompass Office Solutions, Inc., No. 19-196, U.S. Sup.)....