Christus Health Gulf Coast, Christus Health Southeast Texas, Gulf Coast Division, Inc., Memorial Hermann Hospital System and Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas v. Aetna, Inc. and Aetna Health, Inc.

Affirmed and Opinion filed May 17, 2011.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

NO. 14-09-01017-CV

Christus Health Gulf Coast, Christus Health Southeast Texas, Gulf Coast Division, Inc., Memorial Hermann Hospital System and Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, Appellants

v.

Aetna, Inc. and Aetna Health, Inc., Appellees

On Appeal from the 157th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 2002-39946

OPINION

In this appeal, a group of hospitals challenge the trial court’s grant of summary judgment on the hospitals’ statutory claims for prompt-pay penalties in favor of a health maintenance…