Judge Finds Provider’s State Law Claims Preempted By ERISA

(April 6, 2017, 4:50 PM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — A medical provider’s state law claims attempting to recover almost $98,000 clawed back by an insurer implicate claims-processing issues governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and are preempted, a federal judge in New Jersey held March 31 (Jason D. Cohen, M.D., FACS and professional orthopaedic Associates, et al. v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, No. 15-4528, D. N.J., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49291)....

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