Updates from the Wit v. United Behavioral Health ERISA Class Action | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Unprecedented Claims Reprocessing Order Stayed Pending Appeal to the Ninth Circuit On February 1, 2021, Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero entered final judgment in Wit v. United Behavioral Health, No. 3:14-cv-2346 (N.D. Cal.). Wit is an ERISA class action concerning the propriety of certain guidelines previously used by United Behavioral Health (UBH) when adjudicating claims for outpatient and residential inpatient behavioral health treatments. The Wit court appointed a special master to oversee UBH’s compliance with the monumental task of “reprocessing” more than 67,000 claims ...
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