Thursday, July 03, 2003

Maryland statute limiting HMO's subrogation rights preempted by ERISA

In Singh v. Prudential Health Care Plan, Inc., the Fourth Circuit in a published opinion by Judge Niemeyer joined by Judges Michael and King held that plaintiff's state law claim regarding the subrogation rights of a health maintenance organization was preempted by ERISA, and remanded the case for consideration those claims under ERISA.

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