Three Arizona emergency physician practices are getting a second chance to recover higher payments for out-of-network services provided to patients insured by
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act preempts a state-law claim altogether if the plaintiff could have brought that claim under the federal law and there is no other independent legal duty implicated by the defendant’s actions, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said.
The lawsuit filed by Emergency Group of Arizona PC, Emergency Physicians Southwest PC, and Chase Dennis...