Pennsylvania Superior Court Ruling In Burke v. Independence Blue Cross
This document is the Pennsylvania Superior Court decision on the Independence Blue Cross (IBC) appeal to a 2011 lower court ruling in Burke v. IBC. The plaintiffs in Burke challenged IBC's coverage exclusion of school-based applied behavioral analysis (ABA) for a child diagnosed with autism. The Superior Court ruled that IBC must cover school-based ABA despite the place of service exclusion . . .