· 3/4/1999
Meditrust Financial Services Corp. v. Sterling Chemicals, Inc.
Citations
- 168 F.3d 211
- 22 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 2881
- 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 3643
- 1999 WL 74202
How courts have described this case
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- finding that a plan’s determination regarding medical necessity of treatment involved a review of facts rather than an issue of contract interpretation
- labelling a factual dispute about \medical necessity\ as a question of \eligibility determination\
- rejecting the standard-of-review argument that Blue Cross advances here
- review confined to record available to administrator
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Judges: Jones, Smith, Garza
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