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Denial of Mental Health Treatment Benefits Ruled Improper under Milliman Care Guidelines

In Jessica U. v. Health Care Service Corp., a Montana district court held that an ERISA plan administrator improperly denied benefits for mental health residential treatment based solely on so-called "Milliman Care...more

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District Court in California Denies Motion to Dismiss, Finds an Independent Review Organization to Be a Functional Fiduciary Under...

In Josef K. v. California Physicians’ Service, No. 18-cv-06385-YGR (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, June 3, 2019), Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers concluded that an independent medical review (IMR)...more

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