Case: Health Care & Benefits/Reimbursement (N.D. Ga.)

A federal district court in Georgia denied Hospital Physician Services Southeast PC, InPhyNet Primary Care Physicians Southeast PC, and Redmond Anesthesia & Pain Treatment PC’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction United Health Care Services Inc.'s action seeking declaratory relief relating to the reimbursement of out-of-network claims. According to the court, the case presents a live controversy, and the court rejected the groups’ argument that it should exercise its discretion and deny declaratory relief.