Legal Opinion
St. Francis Regional Medical Center v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 6, 1995No. 93-3100PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKAY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant, St. Francis Regional Medical Center (“St. Francis”), challenges the use by Defendant-Appellee, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas (“Blue Cross”), of clauses in its health care insurance policies that prohibit policyholders from assigning their right to receive insurance proceeds to health care providers who have not contracted with Blue Cross. Some of the challenged policies are covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1461, and others are governed by Kansas state law. St. Francis claims…
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