After Paring Claims, Judge Leaves Parity Act Claims In Wilderness Therapy Case

(October 1, 2019, 2:27 PM EDT) -- SALT LAKE CITY — A family’s class action allegations involving the denial of coverage for wilderness treatment under an Employee Retirement Income Security Act health plan are duplicative or fail to state a claim, but their claims involving allegedly disparate treatment in the mental health setting may continue, a federal judge in Utah said Sept. 27 (K.H.B., et al. v. UnitedHealthCare Insurance Co., No. 18-795, D. Utah, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 167183)....

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