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Best Practices in Administering Benefit Claims #3 – Dealing with Benefit Assignments

Our blog series on best practices in administering benefit claims has thus far stressed the importance of knowing and reading the plan document and summary plan description.  This week, we take a look at a plan term that has...more

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ERISA Preemption — The Courts of Appeal Continue to Rule As They Await Further Supreme Court Attempts To Define, Once and for All,...

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Synopsis: Two Courts of Appeal reach opposite results on ERISA preemption, thus continuing the judicial quest for a definitive meaning of ERISA preemption. Stay tuned for more such decisions, and yet more Supreme Court...more

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Authorized Representatives – Fresh Look at an Old Rule

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Earlier this year, the Department of Labor issued an information letter explaining ERISA’s authorized representative requirement. Below are some of the takeaways employers may want to consider....more

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Purported Assignment and Power of Attorney Held Invalid in Provider’s Suit to Recover Health Benefits

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On December 4, 2018 United States District Judge Noel L. Hillman dismissed a suit for unpaid medical bills by a healthcare provider against its patient’s ERISA-governed health benefits plan, finding the assignment/power of...more

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Third Circuit Issues Precedential Ruling: “Anti-Assignment” Clauses in ERISA-Governed Health Insurance Plans Are Enforceable

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On May 16, 2018, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held in a precedential opinion that “anti-assignment clauses in ERISA-governed health insurance plans as a general matter are enforceable.” In so holding, the...more

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