In Re AdvancePCS Health L.P.

We are once again called upon to decide the enforceability of an arbitration provision, this time in transactions between a pharmacy benefits management company and member pharmacies. The trial court denied the management company’s motion to compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). See 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16. The court of appeals summarily denied mandamus relief. Because the parties’ contracts clearly require arbitration, we once again grant conditional mandamus relief.

AdvancePCS Health L.P. (PCS) 1 processes and adjudicates claims for reimbursement between member pharmacies and…