History
  • No items yet
midpage
Sanjiv Goel, M.D., Inc. v. Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plan
680 F. App'x 642
| 9th Cir. | 2017
|
Check Treatment
|
Docket

*1 Before: PAEZ, BERZON, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

Sanjiv Goel appeals the district court’s ruling that the Motion Picture Industry Pension and Health Plan did not abuse its discretion when it concluded *2 that the subject services he provided were not eligible for reimbursement as emergency room services. [1] We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

The Plan gives its directors discretion to decide eligibility for, and the extent of, benefits provided by the Plan. For billing purposes, the Plan distinguishes between “Emergency Room Services” and other services. The Plan reimburses for non-emergency room services at a different rate than emergency room services.

Here, the disputed services were not provided in the emergency room but in a separate location in the hospital, and were provided after the patient was admitted to the hospital via the cardiac catheterization lab. It was not an abuse of discretion for the plan administrators to conclude that the disputed services were not entitled to reimbursement at the emergency room services rate. See Gatti v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co. , 415 F.3d 978, 981 (9th Cir. 2005).

AFFIRMED.

[*] This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. * * The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

[1] The parties are familiar with the facts so we do not repeat them here. 2

Case Details

Case Name: Sanjiv Goel, M.D., Inc. v. Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plan
Court Name: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Date Published: Mar 14, 2017
Citation: 680 F. App'x 642
Docket Number: 15-56345
Court Abbreviation: 9th Cir.
AI-generated responses must be verified and are not legal advice.
Your Notebook is empty. To add cases, bookmark them from your search, or select Add Cases to extract citations from a PDF or a block of text.