Lack Of Administrative Appeals Dooms Hyperbaric Reimbursement Suit

Mealey's (March 16, 2022, 1:15 PM EDT) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on March 14 entered final judgment for an insurer, saying that despite a man’s protests that he filed appeals to the “extent humanly possible,” the fact remains that he largely failed to exhaust administrative remedies before bringing his Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit, and his conclusory belief that the insurer’s “emerging pattern” of denying claims made further attempts futile does not save his case....