Judge: Conclusory Claims Doom ERISA, State Law Health Insurance Case

Mealey's (August 16, 2019, 11:33 AM EDT) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Failure to exhaust administrative remedies provides an absolute bar to Employee Retirement Income Security Act claims, and there is no evidence that the provider’s services conferred a benefit on the insurer, dooming the remainder of the case, a federal magistrate judge in Florida said Aug. 14 (GVB MD LLC, et al. v. United Healthcare Insurance Co., No. 19-20727, S.D. Fla.)....