United Behavioral Health v. Maricopa Integrated Health System

JUSTICE TIMMER,

opinion of the Court:

¶1 Medicare Part C, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395w-21 et seq., permits enrollees to obtain Medicare-covered healthcare services from private healthcare organizations and their third-party contractors. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq., regulates health plans offered by private employers to employees. We today hold that the administrative appeals process provided under the Medicare Act preempts arbitration of Medicare-related coverage disputes between private healthcare administrators and providers, even though arbitration…