Christianna Finnern was recently interviewed by Law360 regarding health benefits litigation. When the Ninth Circuit ruled that United Behavioral Health did not have to reprocess 67,000 patient claims, it gummed up proceedings in federal benefits lawsuits around the country, demonstrating the wide reach of both the appeals court’s decision and the patients’ pending push for rehearing.  “I do think it could have an impact on single-plaintiff cases,” Finnern said of the reprocessing ruling, adding that in her view, “I don’t think they really considered the practical reality of what it means to reprocess a claim.”

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March 17, 2023