Insurer Properly Denied Payment For Opioid Treatments, Maryland Panel Finds

(July 14, 2020, 9:44 AM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — Maryland’s insurance department did not err in concluding that the evidence supported an insurer’s decision not to cover substance abuse treatments, and the insured cannot now seek partial payment at a rate for outpatient treatment, a Maryland appellate panel said June 17 (United Behavioral Health v. J.D.S, et al., No. 527 September Term 2019, Md. Spec. App., 2020 Md. App. LEXIS 596)....