Lessons for Health, Beauty & Wellness Companies [Part 3]: When to Consider Acquiring a Distressed Company
Physicians generally do not have direct standing to bring a claim for benefits under an ERISA group health plan. Rather, a physician’s standing derives from the patient’s status as a plan participant and must be assigned....more
Question: I read an article the other day describing the use of an assignment of benefits form. The article said that having patients sign this form is beneficial. It would result in his or her dental plan paying me the...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently confirmed that “anti-assignment” provisions — provisions prohibiting insureds from assigning their rights under a health plan to third parties, including medical...more
In this episode, Gary Qualls discusses a recent development in payer litigation which implicates a number of recurring issues often raised in Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) cases. Specifically, a federal...more
In Eden Surgical Ctr. v. Cognizant Tech. Sols. Corp., No. 16-56422, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 10597 (9th Cir., Apr. 26, 2018), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the District Court’s Order dismissing the...more