Out-Of-Network Health Care Provider Isn’t Seeking ERISA Benefits, Judge Says (Lexis Legal News)
TRENTON, N.J. — An out-of-network provider is not a beneficiary of an Employee Retirement Income Security Act plan (ERISA), and because the plan includes an anti-assignment provision, it cannot sue to recover benefits under the law, a federal judge in New Jersey held July 31 in remanding the action back to State court for pursuit of State law claims (Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, et al., No. 17-11807, D. N.J.). Please click on link below for the full article.
