Court Upholds Class Certification in "Silent PPO" Dispute

A Louisiana appellate court on Wednesday upheld the conditional certification of a class of health care providers who allegedly had their workers' compensation medical bills discounted through a "silent PPO" arrangement.The 3rd Circuit's decision in Williams v. SIF Consultants of Louisiana, No. 12-419, allows a group of providers, institutions and facilities that have provided services to workers' compensation patients to collectively sue the insurance carriers for the CorVel Corp., based on alleged violations of Louisiana's laws governing notice for the application of preferre...