Tenet Healthsystem Desert, Inc. v. Blue Cross of California

Opinion

AARON, J.

I

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Tenet Healthsystem Desert, Inc. (Hospital), 1 appeals from a judgment entered in favor of defendants Blue Cross of California, doing business as Anthem Blue Cross (Blue Cross), Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company (BC Life), and Anthem UM Services, Inc. (Anthem UM). 2 Hospital sued Anthem, as well as Eisenhower Medical Center (Eisenhower) and Keenan & Associates (Keenan), when defendants refused to pay approximately $1,996,265.50 for the cost of medical services that Hospital provided to an insured patient following extensive…