Tribe’s Michigan Law Claims Against Blue Cross Blue Shield Survive Dismissal

Mealey's (May 22, 2019, 12:19 PM EDT) -- ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A Michigan federal judge on May 20 further trimmed a Native American tribe’s claims against its health care plan administrator, finding that state Health Care False Claims Act (HCFCA) claims may proceed because the tribe has statutory standing but that a breach of fiduciary duty claim fails because it was filed too late (Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, et al. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan v. Munson Medical Center, No. 5:14-cv-11349, E.D. Mich., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 84691)....