Federal Judge Won’t Decertify Medical Providers’ Facility-Fee Class

Mealey's (September 21, 2021, 2:10 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Medical providers’ allegedly denied Employee Retirement Income Security Act plan benefits were not given the benefit of the bargain, a loss that suffices as an injury even in the absence of monetary damages, and reprocessing claims is an appropriate form of relief and provides commonality to the class, a federal judge in New York said Sept. 20 in denying a motion for decertification the insurer based in part on recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent....