Legal Opinion
James P. Kartell, M.D., and Grant v. Rodkey, M.D., Intervenor-Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 8, 1982No. 82-1134PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal brings to the court an internecine dispute among members of the Massachusetts Medical Society (Society) regarding how best to challenge payment practices of Blue Cross of Massachusetts, Inc. (Blue Cross) and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. (Blue Shield) that effectively limit the fees that can be earned by Massachusetts physicians who render services to Blue Cross and Blue Shield subscribers. The case comes to us in an unusual posture. The Society, having lost control of litigation brought by four individual physicians but with its full financial…
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