Air Evacuation Provider’s ACA, ERISA Suit Against Insurer Grounded, Judge Says

Mealey's (June 1, 2018, 2:10 PM EDT) -- LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An emergency air evacuation company abandoned attempts to independently enforce the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), is not a plan beneficiary or participant and is precluded from trying to enforce the ACA through ERISA, a federal judge in Arkansas held May 29 (Air Evac EMS Inc. v. Usable Mutual Insurance Co., et al., No. 16-266, E.D. Ark., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88919)....