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Supreme Court finds that HMO employee benefit plan eligibility decisions are governed by ERISA and therefore not subject to claims under state health care liability laws By William L. Scogland & Galen Mason Employee Benefits, September 2004 In Aetna Health Inc. v. Davila and CIGNA Health Care, Inc. v. Calad, the Supreme Court ruled that patients cannot use state health care liability laws to sue health maintenance organizations (HMOs) for claims relating to an HMO's interpretation of an employer-provided benefit plan.

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