April 2014

On March 28, 2014, a federal ERISA court ruled against BCBS (Independence Blue Cross, IBC) overpayment practice by granting a permanent injunction and ruling in favor of providers in an ERISA overpayment class-action.  According to the court’s opinion, the insurer’s “practices come nowhere near substantial compliance with ERISA’s notice and appeal requirement.”  This might be more »