Siampos v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Missouri

AHRENS, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from an order entered by the trial court on its own motion dismissing without prejudice plaintiffs request for a trial de novo for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.

Plaintiff is an employee of the United States Government. His health benefits are provided through the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, a program administered by the United States Government’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) which uses defendant, among other carriers, as its agent in administering the program.

On October 15,1991, plaintiff received care at Christian…