Blue Cross Rhode Island Can’t Dodge Wilderness Therapy Lawsuit

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island must face a family’s lawsuit seeking nearly $50,000 for a child’s three-month stay at a Utah wilderness therapy facility aimed at treating mental health issues.

The family’s Blue Cross health plan covers “intermediate care services,” which could include the child’s care at Aspiro Wilderness Adventure Therapy, Judge Mary S. McElroy of the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island said in a Tuesday opinion. Blue Cross argued the center didn’t qualify for coverage because it wasn’t one of the types of intermediate care services enumerated by the plan, but ...