{"id":2591,"date":"2019-08-01T20:05:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T00:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10028\/whitepapers\/law360-quotes-partner-matt-lavin-on-40m-michigan-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2022-06-27T02:31:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T06:31:15","slug":"law360-quotes-partner-matt-lavin-on-40m-michigan-demanda","status":"publish","type":"whitepapers","link":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/es\/libros-blancos\/law360-quotes-partner-matt-lavin-on-40m-michigan-demanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Law360 cita al socio Matt Lavin en la demanda $40M de Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan was hit with a $40 million lawsuit Wednesday alleging the insurer improperly slashed its reimbursement rates for substance abuse treatment facilities, choosing to line its own pockets instead of covering the claims even as the state faced a &#8220;worsening opioid epidemic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Matthew M. Lavin, an attorney for the facilities, told Law360 on Wednesday that many insurers haven\u2019t really been complying with the MHPAEA, a fact that the opioid epidemic has helped bring to light. BCBSM knew that it could get away with low-paying claims for those dealing with substance use or mental health issues because they wouldn&#8217;t get a lot of patient appeals, Lavin said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis suit is about standing up for the rights, both under federal and state law, on behalf of providers and the people they treat,\u201d Lavin said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan recibi\u00f3 una demanda de $40 millones el mi\u00e9rcoles alegando que la aseguradora recort\u00f3 indebidamente sus tasas de reembolso para las instalaciones de tratamiento de abuso de sustancias, eligiendo alinear ...<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":292,"template":"","whitepaper_category":[287,293],"whitepaper-source":[63],"class_list":["post-2591","whitepapers","type-whitepapers","status-publish","hentry","whitepaper_category-commercial-litigation","whitepaper_category-healthcare","whitepaper-source-law360"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepapers\/2591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepapers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/whitepapers"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepapers\/2591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"whitepaper_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepaper_category?post=2591"},{"taxonomy":"whitepaper-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.napolilaw.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepaper-source?post=2591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}