Blue Cross and Blue Shield v. Hodurski

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama ("BCBS") appeals from a summary judgment entered by the Montgomery Circuit Court in favor of Donald Hodurski, M.D., and two physician assistants, Norman Hobbs and Samuel Irvine (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the providers"). The issue presented is whether a statute included in the Insurance Code, the Physician Assistant Act, codified at § 27-51-1, Ala. Code 1975, is applicable to BCBS, a nonprofit health-care service organization that exists pursuant to Title 10 of the Alabama Code of 1975. BCBS argues that the Physician Assistant Act cannot…