Federal Judge Dismisses Surgery Provider’s ERISA, New Jersey Law Claims

Mealey's (April 20, 2018, 2:16 PM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — ERISA preempts a state law that in any case lacks a private right of action, and failure to allege exhaustion of administrative remedies and a contract’s anti-assignment provision doom the remainder of a health care provider’s suit seeking reimbursement from an insurer, a federal judge in New Jersey held April 17 (Luis Zapiach, M.D. v. Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, No. 17-10179, D. N.J., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 64887)....