Supreme Court Passes on ERISA Case Over Emergency Care Rates

The US Supreme Court declined to hear a case over whether federal employee benefits law supersedes state law in relation to rates for emergency medical services.

A collection of UnitedHealth Group subsidiaries petitioned the high court to overturn the Nevada Supreme Court’s June 2025 ruling for a group of medical providers owned by TeamHealth Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of Blackstone Inc., after the court determined UnitedHealth was unjustly enriched by underpaying for emergency care.

The case questions whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act preempts state laws that force self-funded health plans to pay out-of-network doctors more money than ...