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A long-contested California lawsuit about whether insurers can punish physicians who refer patients to out-of-network providers is on again.
The California Supreme Court recently resurrected California Medical Association v. Aetna after a judge and a state appeals court killed it on the grounds that the association had no standing to sue Aetna. Although the high state court declared that the CMA could sue on its own behalf, the justices noted that their ruling said nothing about the merits of the case.
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