Benefits Alert: Davila and the Future of Health Plan Administration
7/15/2004
It is not often that we see a unanimous Supreme Court decision, and when one comes down from the Court, the legal community, and in this case the health care community, takes notice.
This Mintz Levin Publication discusses the consolidated cases of Aetna Health Inc. v. Davila and CIGNA Healthcare of Texas, Inc. v. Calad in which the Court unanimously ruled that the Texas Patient's Bill of Rights Law is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to the extent it attempts to regulate or dictate what is covered by an ERISA-covered group health plan.
