In Re Nexion Health at Humble, Inc.

We must determine whether Medicare funds crossing state lines constitutes interstate commerce, thereby bringing a contract within the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) and allowing arbitration in this case. The Fourteenth Court of Appeals denied Nexion Health at Humble, Inc. d/b/a Humble Healthcare Center’s (HHC’s) petition for writ of mandamus, and the First Court of Appeals is reviewing HHC’s interlocutory appeal under the Texas Arbitration Act (TAA). We conclude this case falls under the FAA, so we conditionally grant HHC’s mandamus.

In April of 2003, John D. Lyman was admitted to the Humble…