California Supreme Court will hear CMA lawsuit against Aetna regarding the right of membership organizations to pursue unfair practices lawsuits : vimarsana.com
California Supreme Court will hear CMA lawsuit against Aetna regarding the right of membership organizations to pursue unfair practices lawsuits July 30, 2021 Area(s) of Interest: Advocacy The California Supreme Court has granted the California Medical Association’s (CMA) petition for review in a lawsuit against Aetna surrounding the insurance company’s practice of denying patients’ rights to out-of-network benefits and threatening physicians who refer patients to out-of-network providers. The decision is a major legal victory for CMA, and for patients throughout California. The California Supreme Court receives over 1,000 civil petitions for review annually but only grants around 2-3% of those requests.