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July 31, 2020   
Health Law Weekly

Tenth Circuit Revives ERISA Action Involving Plan’s Residential Treatment Denial

  • July 31, 2020

A district court improperly applied a deferential standard of review to a plan administrator’s decision to deny a claim for coverage of mental health treatment at a residential treatment facility, the Tenth Circuit held July 24 in remanding the action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) for de novo review.

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