Vine Street Clinic v. Healthlink, Inc.

JUSTICE STEIGMANN,

specially concurring in part and dissenting in part:

In my opinion, the majority has misconstrued section 22(A)(14) of the Act, leading to its erroneous conclusion that HealthLink may impose neither a percentage-based fee nor a flat fee on the physicians who elect to participate in its network. Accordingly, I dissent.

I. ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND

Throughout these proceedings, HealthLink has asserted that it

charges providers an administrative fee to cover services it performs on their behalf. Those services include the following: (1) administering and implementing HealthLink’s…