SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Following remand from the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, a federal judge in California on March 18 awarded a claimant benefits in a wrongful denial of benefits case at the rate for out-of-network providers, finding that no evidence produced by the claimant demonstrated that the plan agreed to any other payment (Jennifer Lukas, et al. v. United Behavioral Health, et al., No. 09-2423, E.D. Calif.; 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37252; See February 2013, Page 21)....(read more)![]()
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