Legal Opinion
Northbay Healthcare Grp. - Hosp. Div. v. Blue Shield of Cal. Life & Health Ins.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided October 26, 2018No. Case No. 17-cv-02929-WHOPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
William H. Orrick United States District Judge
INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff NorthBay Healthcare Group Hospital Division d/b/a NorthBay Medical Center and VacaValley Hospital ("NorthBay") filed a suit over reimbursements that it believes were not for the reasonable and customary value of the services given to members of defendant Blue Shield of California Life & Health Insurance Company and California Physicians' Service d/b/a Blue Shield of California ("Blue Shield"). Count Eight of NorthBay's complaint alleges that Blue Shield's reimbursement methodology constituted an unfair business practice under…
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