4th Circuit Upholds ERISA Plan’s Denial Of Inpatient Mental Health Benefits

Mealey's (May 6, 2022, 1:26 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — In a two-paragraph, unpublished per curiam opinion issued May 4, a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel upheld a South Carolina federal judge’s ruling that a group welfare benefit plan’s denial of coverage for all but about 10 weeks of inpatient and residential mental health treatment that lasted more than a year did not constitute an abuse of discretion ....