Judge: Anti-Assignment, Lack Of Payment Promise Doom Provider’s Action

Mealey's (February 4, 2022, 11:23 AM EST) -- BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Anti-assignment provisions in health plans bar an eating-disorder provider’s payment claims, and nothing in coverage verification letters supports a promissory estoppel claim, but because it was only recently disclosed that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act doesn’t govern all claims, supplemental briefing on the balance of the action is necessary, a federal judge in Kentucky said Jan. 14....