United Says Individual Issues Doom Facility-Fee Class Action

Mealey's (October 23, 2019, 11:26 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The individualized analysis needed to determine whether providers or patients hold rights under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act dooms a class action, an insurer argues in an Oct. 21 motion, asking a federal judge in New York to reconsider certifying the class (The Medical Society of the State of New York, et al. v. UnitedHealth Group Inc., et al., No. 16-5265, S.D. N.Y.)....