Judge: Precedent Provides Room For Provider’s Suit Against ERISA Insurer

Mealey's (March 14, 2019, 2:29 PM EDT) -- BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — There is room for out-of-network health care providers to bring claims against Employee Retirement Income Security Act plan insurers, as long as the claims in no way implicate the plan contract, a federal judge in Connecticut held March 12 (Aesthetic and Reconstructive Breast Center LLC v. United Healthcare Group Inc., No. 18-608, D. Conn., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39284; Taylor Theunissen, M.D. LLC v. United Healthcare Group Inc., et al., No. 18-606, D. Conn., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39284)....