Coventry Health Care of Missouri v. Nevils
U.S. Supreme Court · decided April 18, 2017 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- April 18, 2017
- Term
- October Term 2016
- Vote
- 8–0
- Majority author
- Justice Ginsburg
- Issue area
- Federalism
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2016 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U.S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus COVENTRY HEALTH CARE OF MISSOURI, INC., FKA GROUP HEALTH PLAN, INC. v. NEVILS CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI No. 16–149. Argued March 1, 2017—Decided April 18, 2017 The Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959 (FEHBA) authoriz- es the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to contract with pri- vate carriers for federal employees’ health insurance. 5 U.S. C . §8902(a), (d). FEHBA contains an express-preemption provision, §8902(m)(1), which states that the “terms of any contract under this chapter which relate to the nature, provision, or extent of coverage or benefits (including payments with respect to benefits) shall supersede and preempt any State or local law . . . which relates to health insur- ance or plans.” OPM’s contracts have long required private carriers to seek subro- gation and reimbursement. Accordingly, OPM’s regulations make a carrier’s “right to pursue and receive subrogation and reimbursement…
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