Judge: ERISA Preempts Provider’s Contract Claim Against Insurer

(February 14, 2017, 12:59 PM EST) -- GREENSBORO, N.C. — A substance abuse provider’s claims that an insurer failed to pay for medically necessary treatments are preempted by ERISA or fail to state a claim, a federal judge in North Carolina held Feb. 9 (Bobby P. Kearney, M.D., PLLC, v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, et al., No. 16-191, M.D. N.C., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18428)....

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