Mealey's (April 17, 2019, 8:57 AM EDT) -- SANTA ANA, Calif. — Having approved medical procedures and then denied claims, an insurer cannot now point to the existence of anti-assignment provisions as the reason in a late attempt to avoid paying, a provider told a California judge on April 8 in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act case (California Surgical Institute Inc., et al. v. Aetna Life and Casualty [Bermuda] Ltd., et al., No. 18-2157, C.D. Calif.)....