Legal Opinion
Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc. v. Coventry Health & Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 24, 2013No. 12-5779, 12-5785PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises from Kentucky’s transition to the managed-care model of service delivery for its Medicaid program, through which more than half-a-million indigent residents receive healthcare coverage. Kentucky awarded Coventry Health and Life Insurance Company, a managed-care organization, a contract to administer Medicaid services in southeastern Kentucky. Coventry, in turn, entered into a temporary agreement with Appalachian Regional Healthcare, the dominant hospital care provider in that area, to provide its members in-network hospital care and…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Lawrence Roth v. Bank of the CommonwealthCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
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- Sandison v. Michigan High School Athletic Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
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