Judge Declines Reconsideration Of ACA Out-Of-Network Lactation Coverage Ruling

Mealey's (August 17, 2017, 1:19 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An insurer’s alternative interpretation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s lactation services mandate did not require consideration of an affidavit stating that the company complied with the law, a federal judge in the District of Columbia held Aug. 14 in declining to reconsider a motion to dismiss (Lindsay Ferrer, et al. v. CareFirst Inc., et al., No. 16-2162, D. D.C., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 110304)....