Insurer sued for allegedly refusing to cover spinal stabilization device
By Admin | August 03, 2021
A Florida woman is suing Anthem, alleging that the insurance company didn't cover a spine device that should have been covered under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, designed to provide protections to as well as setting rules for employer-sponsored health insurance plans.
The plaintiff, Brenda Honeycutt, works for a financial services company based in Alameda County in California. She had a spinal decompression procedure done with the Coflex interlaminar stabilization device to treat spondylolisthesis, according to a lawsuit filed July 29 in the U.S. District Court for...(more)
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