A U.S. District Court in Connecticut recently issued an order that highlights the importance of understanding exactly what the term “medically necessary” means in an ERISA health plan....more
12/6/2019
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Compensation & Benefits ,
Eligibility Determination ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Health Insurance ,
Medical Necessity ,
Policy Terms ,
Qualified Health Plans ,
Third-Party ,
TPAs
For the third time in four years, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a portion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Obama’s signature health reform law passed in 2010. On November 6, 2015, the Supreme...more
On June 30, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that closely held, for-profit entities with religious objections to certain aspects of the birth control mandate imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("the...more
In Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. et al. v. Sebelius, et al.,1 an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. and Mardel Inc., two for-profit corporations owned and operated by...more
7/8/2013
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Contraceptives ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Hobby Lobby ,
HRSA ,
Privately Held Corporations ,
Religion ,
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) ,
Standing