Legal Opinion
Independence Blue Cross v. Pennsylvania Insurance Department
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 17, 1996PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELLEGRINI, Judge.
Presently before this Court are the preliminary objections filed by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department (Department), Health Systems International, Inc. (Health Systems), and Qualmed Plans for Health of *222Pennsylvania, Inc. (Qualmed), in response to a petition for review in the nature of a writ of prohibition (petition) filed by Independence Blue Cross (Independence).
In 1992, Independence entered into contracts with numerous hospitals that included a “prudent buyer provision.” Under this provision, the hospitals were obligated to give Independence and its affiliates a rate…
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- Robertshaw Controls Co. v. Commonwealth, Human Relations CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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