Mealey's (September 21, 2022, 2:07 PM EDT) -- CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Claims that health care providers obtained assignments of rights from patients provide standing, and allegations that they learned that the insurer was paying insureds directly only after launching an investigation free them from having to demonstrate administrative exhaustion of Employee Retirement Income Security Act claims, a federal judge in Tennessee said Sept. 19 while reserving a decision on preemption....