ERISA Penalties: Employer Fined for Failing to Provide Mental Health Benefits Information

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The U.S. District Court for the District of Montana recently awarded over $32,000 in penalties against an employer’s self-insured health plan and its third-party administrator (TPA) for failing to provide requested information to a plan participant. This case involved a dispute over mental health benefits and underscores the importance of promptly responding to participants’ information…

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