Sagebrush LLC v. Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company

I. INTRODUCTION

25 In this case, Plaintiff Sagebrush LLC, doing business as The Edge Treatment 26 Center, alleges that Defendants Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company and Cigna 27 Healthcare of California, Inc. failed to fully compensate it for behavioral health services it provided to 24 patients at its outpatient clinic between November 2020 and October 2022. (Dkt. 1-3 [Compl.] ¶¶ 9, 11, 12, Ex. 1.) On February 20, 2024, Defendants removed this case from Orange County Superior Court. (Dkt. 1.) Now before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to remand. (Dkt. 13.) For the following reasons, Plaintiff’s motion is DENIED. 6 II. BACKGROUND 8 Plaintiff operates an outpatient clinic that provides “services for mental health disorders and substance use disorders.” (Compl. ¶¶ 11–12.) Defendants are a healthcare insurance company. (Dkt. 14-1 ¶ 5.) Plaintiff alleges that between November 2020 and October 2022 it provided behavioral health services to 24 patients who “were, at all relevant times, policyholders of Cigna policies.” (Compl. ¶ 12.) “Before rendering services to [the 24 patients], Sagebrush contacted Cigna and/or…