National Benefit Administrators, Inc. Ex Rel. National Business Ass'n Trust v. Mississippi Methodist Hospital & Rehabilitation Center, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

TOM S. LEE, District Judge.

This is an action brought by National Benefit Administrators, Inc., on behalf of National Business Association Trust (NBAT), the administrator of an employee health benefits plan, seeking recovery of payments made to defendant, Mississippi Methodist Hospital and Rehabilitation Center (MMHRC), for the account of third-party defendant Derron Johnson. Jurisdiction is based upon both federal question and diversity. Defendant has asserted a counterclaim for the recovery of remaining amounts due on the account. Presently before the court are…