Anti-Assignment Provision Denies Standing, ERISA Preemptive Effect, Court Finds

Mealey's (November 12, 2018, 2:24 PM EST) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A dispute over an insurer’s failure to fully pay a provider’s bill heads back to state court, after a federal judge on Nov. 9 partially adopted a report and recommendation finding that an anti-assignment provision precluded the provider from filing an ERISA action and prevented preemption (Tzvi Small v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, et al., No. 18-11601, D. N.J., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 192415)....