In Gender-Affirming Care Litigation, District Court Requires Insurer to Reprocess Claims and Tolls Claims Deadlines | Practical Law
In litigation challenging a health plan's categorical exclusion for gender-affirming care, a Washington State district court required the plan's insurer to reprocess claims that were previously denied under the exclusion (among other relief). The court also equitably tolled the plan's deadlines for affected claimants to make claims, file appeals, and reprocess claims.