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W.A. Griffin v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, Inc., et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 22-14187
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
ii Whether the state of Georgia’s mandatory provider assignment of benefit law drafted under Insurance Title 33 (Georgia § 33-24-54) is pre empted by the Employee Retirement Investment Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). Whether the Supreme Court case, Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, 141 S. Ct. 474 (2020), overruled Physicians Multispecialty Group1 and voids ERISA preemption of O.C.G.A. § 33- 24-54 if the provider has a written assignment of benefit. 1Physicians Multispecialty Grp. v. Health Care Plan of Horton Homes, Inc., 371 F.3d 1291, 1294 (11th Cir. 2004)
Counsel of record
For petitioner
W. A. Griffin
For respondent
Lindsey B. Mann
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Mar 06 2023Petition DENIED.
- Feb 15 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/3/2023.
- Jan 11 2023Waiver of right of respondent Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, Inc. to respond filed.
- Dec 31 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 8, 2023)