KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B233759.

203 Cal.App.4th 696 (2012)

137 Cal. Rptr. 3d 741

KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent. ANNA RAHM et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

February 15, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold & Porter, Lawrence A. Cox , Brian K. Condon ; Taylor Blessey , N. Denise Taylor and Jennifer A. Scher for Petitioners.

Cole Pedroza , Curtis A. Cole and Cassidy E. Cole for California Medical Association, California Hospital Association and California Dental Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Shernoff Bidart Echeverria , Michael J. Bidart , Ricardo Echeverria , Steven Schuetze ; The Ehrlich Law Firm and Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

ZELON, J.

INTRODUCTION

Anna Rahm and her parents, Lynnette and James Rahm, filed a complaint against Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and two Kaiser health care providers. The complaint alleged that defendants had devised an insurance compensation scheme that induced Kaiser's physicians to deny costly medical services to plan members. Plaintiffs asserted that, as...

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