Unprecedented Claims Reprocessing Order Stayed Pending Appeal to the Ninth Circuit
On February 1, 2021, Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero entered final judgment in
Wit v. United Behavioral Health, No. 3:14-cv-2346 (N.D. Cal.).
Wit is an ERISA class action concerning the propriety of certain guidelines previously used by United Behavioral Health (UBH) when adjudicating claims for outpatient and residential inpatient behavioral health treatments. The
Wit court appointed a special master to oversee UBH’s compliance with the monumental task of “reprocessing” more than 67,000 claims for mental health treatment, as well as with other detailed declaratory and injunctive remedies. This “Health Update” reviews developments in the