Insurer, Class Battle Over Claim Reprocessing Stay In Mental Health Case

Mealey's (December 16, 2020, 1:51 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — An appeal is unlikely to relieve an insurer from having to reprocess tens of thousands of claims given the number of times its arguments failed already, and any harm is unlikely and minimal, plaintiffs say in opposing a stay of remedies on Dec. 4.  But in a Dec. 11 reply, the insurer tells a federal judge in California that absent a stay, it will likely make payments it can never recover if it prevails on appeal (David Wit, et al. v. United Behavioral Health, No. 14-2346, Gary Alexander, et al. v. United Behavioral Health, No. 14-5337, N.D. Calif.)....