Legal Opinion
Bell v. Blue Cross of California
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 21, 2005No. B174131PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
VOGEL, J. —
Blue Cross of California is a health care service plan within the meaning of the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, Health and Safety Code section 1340 et seq. Mark R. Bell, M.D. (a board-certified emergency room physician who is obligated to treat all emergency room patients without regard to whether they are insured or able to pay (§ 1317, subd. (b)), has not contracted with Blue Cross or otherwise agreed to accept the fees Blue Cross pays to its contracting providers. But Dr. Bell’s duty to render emergency services to everyone, including Blue Cross’s…
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