This month’s Friday Five covers an appellate ruling on a complicated case raising both state and federal claims, an instance of procedural improprieties in the administrative review process informing the court’s substantive...more
2/10/2025
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Denial of Benefits ,
Disability ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Plan Administrators ,
Retirement Plan ,
Settlement
On Halloween, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a $100,000 settlement under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) with Doctors’...more
This month’s Friday Five covers cases relating to the exhaustion of administrative remedies set forth only in a denial of benefits letter, the scope of information required to be provided to medical reviewers, whether...more