Judge Finds Allegations Support As-Applied Parity Act Claim

Mealey's (July 14, 2020, 9:41 AM EDT) -- SALT LAKE CITY — Plaintiffs’ claims that a health insurer imposes short-term stays and more stringent care guidelines for residential treatment centers than it does in other medical settings adequately allege a Parity Act violation, even where the plan itself does not facially create such a disparity, a federal judge in Utah said June 24 in declining to dismiss the action (James C., et al. v. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, No. 19-38, D. Utah, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111689)....