Drs. Pass & Bertherman, Inc. v. Neighborhood Health Plan

31 A.3d 1263 (2011)

DRS. PASS AND BERTHERMAN, INC., Providence Eye Associates, Inc., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated

v.

NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH PLAN OF RHODE ISLAND.

No. 2009-349-Appeal.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

November 30, 2011.

Vincent F. Ragosta, Jr., Esq., Providence, for Plaintiff.

Douglas J. Emanuel, Esq., Providence, for Defendant.

Present: SUTTELL, C.J., FLAHERTY, ROBINSON, and INDEGLIA, JJ.

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY, for the Court.

We are called upon to determine whether the defendant, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island (NHP), violated state law when it…