“No one loves the messenger who brings bad news.” Antigone (lines 276-77).
What happens when an ERISA claimant brings state law claims against independent medical consultants retained by the Plan to provide medical reviews eventually relied upon in claim denials?
Are these claims preempted by ERISA?
Good news: Sometimes yes.
Here’s the case of…
What happens when state statutes impose duties on third parties administering ERISA plan benefits?
That issue was addressed this last week in the July 9, 2010 case of Pharmacy Care Management Association v. District of Columbia, 2010 WL 2696524 (July 9, 2010)(Imposing requirements upon third party service providers that administer pharmaceutical benefits for an…
