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Two Recent Examples of Challenges To Collect “Reasonable” Charges

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Two recent cases illustrate the continuing challenges providers, and in particular hospital providers, face when seeking to collect their charges when dealing with “out-of-network” patients....more

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Ninth Circuit: Medical Providers Lack ERISA Standing

The Ninth Circuit affirmed two district court decisions that concluded medical providers were not “beneficiaries” under Section 502(a) of ERISA and therefore lacked standing to bring an ERISA claim...more

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Ninth Circuit Rules Assignee Health Care Providers May Sue Health Plans Under ERISA for Payment of Benefits

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In an opinion with mixed implications for both insurers and health care providers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently ruled that when plan beneficiaries assign their claims for payment of benefits to...more

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