Panel:  Denial Of Benefits For Out-Of-State Treatment No Parity Act Violation

Mealey's (November 11, 2020, 12:30 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California did not err in finding that two state and federal statutes that require health plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to cover mental illnesses and physical illnesses equally were not violated by a denial of benefits for the treatment of anorexia, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Nov. 9 (Suzanne Stone v. UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co., et al., No. 19-16227, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 35276)....