Genesis Center, PLC v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield

Plaintiffs appeal as of right from a circuit court order denying their motion for partial summary disposition and granting defendant Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan’s (bsbsm) motion for summary disposition pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8) and (I)(2). We affirm.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURE

Plaintiff Genesis Center, P.L.C. (Genesis), is a freestanding outpatient surgical center in Lansing whose physician-owners (the individual plaintiffs) perform nonemergency surgeries, which are billed in two separate components: a surgeon’s fee and a facility charge. Although the physicians’ services are payable…