''Pegram v. Herdrich'', 530 U.S. 211 (2000), was a
United States Supreme Court
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case that held that the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 does not provide a remedy for coverage determinations by
health maintenance organizations
In the United States, a health maintenance organization (HMO) is a medical insurance group that provides health services for a fixed annual fee. It is an organization that provides or arranges managed care for health insurance, self-funded hea ...
. The case is important because by excluding suits involving coverage determinations from the Act, it does not pre-empt state law remedies.
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