Prompt-Payment Statute Is Preempted As To Self-Funded Plans, Federal Judge Rules

ATLANTA - The Employee Retirement Income Security Act preempts Georgia's statute requiring self-funded employer health insurance plans governed by ERISA to pay or deny benefit claims within a specified time frame, a federal judge in Georgia ruled Dec. 31 in granting a preliminary injunction prohibiting enforcement of the provision (American's Health Insurance Plans v. Hudgens, No. 1:12-cv-2978, N.D. Ga.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 182922).Full story on lexis.com