Provider Derides Insurer’s ‘Hide The Ball Scheme’ As Breach Of Contract

Mealey's ( January 30, 2023, 10:53 AM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — A substance abuse treatment provider tells a California appeals court it provided life-saving treatments on an insurer’s promise of compensation, only to be told after the treatments that the insurer believed that it had no contractual obligation to make payments, a “hide the ball scheme” that would be unacceptable in any other setting and permits breach of contract and California unfair competition law (UCL) claims....