Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of Medical Provider in Dispute with Insurer Regarding Anti-Assignment Provisions
By EsqSocial Corporation 18/05/21
The Ninth Circuit significantly limited insurers' ability to rely on anti-assignment provisions in ERISA health plans in Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital v. Community Insurance Company dba Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, et al., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 31441 (9th Cir. Oct. 2, 2020). The case has broader significance because it affirms that courts can reform an ERISA plan's non-benefit aspects to prevent inequitable results....
By: Hinshaw & Culbertson - The LHD/ERISA Advisor