Legal Opinion
DB Healthcare, LLC v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 22, 2017No. 14-16518, 14-16612PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BERZON, Circuit Judge:
These two cases involve reimbursement disputes between health care providers and employee health benefit plan administrators. We decide the cases together because they raise a common central issue: whether a health care provider designated to receive direct payment from a health plan administrator for medical services is authorized to bring suit in federal court under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. We consider two separate potential bases for such authority under ERISA’s civil enforcement provisions: direct…
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