Judge: Standing Issues Doom Michigan Emergency Physicians’ Underpayment Suit

Mealey's (December 22, 2020, 1:43 PM EST) -- ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Employee Retirement Income Security Act does not preempt emergency room providers’ state law claims seeking the balance of a billed amount, and recent legislation makes clear that the plaintiffs lack standing to pursue those same claims, a federal judge in Michigan said in dismissing the case Dec. 17 (Emergency Department Physicians PC, et al. v. United Healthcare Inc., No. 19-12052, E.D. Mich., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 237289)....