Legal Opinion
Response Oncology, Inc. v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided March 25, 1997No. Nos. WD 52263, WD 52292PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOWENSTEIN, Judge.
This dispute arose between a medical treatment provider and provider of health care benefits (insurer) in the arcane world of health insurance and provider reimbursement. Before reciting all the facts, an overview is in order.
The plaintiff-respondent (Response) operates the IMPACT Center (an acronym for implementing advanced cancer treatment) in Columbia which administers high dose blood cancer treatment on an outpatient basis from a free-standing building. This treatment for blood cancers utilizes high dose chemotherapy (HDC) including peripheral stem cell transplantation…
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