Legal Opinion
Scull v. Groover, Christie & Merritt, P.C.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided September 30, 2013No. 71PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDonald, j.
A health maintenance organization (“HMO”) provides a form of health care insurance in which a member of the HMO pays a periodic fee to the HMO and the HMO finances health care services for the member without further charge to the member except for certain fees specified in the HMO plan. To support this form of health care insurance, the Maryland Health Maintenance Organization Act establishes the ground rules for HMOs, HMO members, and health care providers. Among those ground rules is one that prohibits health care providers from “balance billing” — ie., charging an HMO member a…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Cort v. AshSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in North AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Stewart v. BiermanDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2012
- Haynes v. Yale-New Haven HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- Converge Services Group, LLC v. CurranCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2004
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