Insurer Liability under the ACA's Internal Claims and Appeals Rules | Practical Law
In New York State Psychiatric Association v. UnitedHealth Group, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York concluded that insurers acting as claims administrators for self-funded ERISA health plans were not proper party defendants in an ERISA action involving compliance with the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) expanded internal claims and appeals rules and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA).