A Flush Beats a Straight – Another Court Holds that ERISA Plan Anti-Assignment Provisions Trump Participant Assignments

A US District Court in New Jersey recently held that an ERISA Plan’s anti-assignment provision trumped the plan participant’s assignment of benefits to a health care provider and thus the provider lacked standing to sue under ERISA.  Neurological Surgery Associates, P.A. v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, et. al., 2014 BL 154982, D.N.J., No. 2:12-cv-05600-SRC-CLW, (unpublished 6/4/14).

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