Gathe v. Cigna Healthplan of Texas, Inc.

MAJORITY OPINION

MURPHY, Justice.

Appellant, Joseph C. Gathe, Jr., M.D., appeals from a trial court order compelling arbitration. Because we find the order compelling arbitration was an unappealable interlocutory order, we dismiss for want of jurisdiction.

Appellee operates a health maintenance organization (HMO) in Texas, which provides care to HMO subscribers through a network of doctors and health care facilities affiliated with the HMO. Appellant, a licensed physician board-certified in internal medicine and infectious disease, was a specialist health care provider affiliated with the HMO…