"[T]he Fifth Circuit partially reversed a district court ruling that had thrown out ERISA and contract claims brought by Texas emergency physician groups against 24 out-of-state Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliates. The court's opinion clarifies how assignments of benefits, anti-assignment clauses, and exhaustion requirements apply when emergency providers seek reimbursement for patients' care." [Angelina Emergency Medicine Associates Pa v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, No. 24-10306 (5th Cir. Aug. 8, 2025)]  MORE >>