Harvard Pilgrim Beats Suit Over $800-Per-Day Mental Health Care

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc. once again defeated a college student’s lawsuit seeking coverage for four months of treatment at a Massachusetts mental health facility that charges about $800 per day.

The insurer acted reasonably when it concluded that the student, referred to as Jane Doe, no longer had a medical need for such an intensive level of treatment, Judge Denise J. Casper of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled Aug. 6.

Casper’s ruling comes two years after she first ruled for Harvard Pilgrim and one year after the First Circuit ordered her to reconsider the ...