Judge Adopts Report Finding Education Exclusion Creates Parity Act Violation

Mealey's (March 4, 2020, 2:04 PM EST) -- MINNEAPOLIS — A health insurance plan violated the Parity Act by denying coverage at residential treatment facilities despite covering similar treatment in the skilled nursing setting, a federal judge in Minnesota said Feb. 28 in adopting a report and recommendation in a case the magistrate judge termed not “run-of-the-mill” (L.P., et al. v. BCBMS Inc., et al., BCBSM Inc., et al. v. J.P. No. 18-1241, D. Minn.)....