Nordi v. Keystone Health Plan West Inc.

OPINION BY

CLELAND, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant Cynthia A. Nordi (Nordi) appeals the order of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas granting the summary judgment motions of Appellees Keystone Health Plan West, Inc. (Keystone) and Highmark, Inc. (Highmark) in a dispute over the extent of health insurance coverage provided by Keystone under an HMO plan administered, in part, by High-mark under a Service Agreement. The parties’ dispute requires us to address whether the Appellees violated the insurance “bad faith” statute, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 8371, and whether an HMO is exempted from the bad faith statute…