STARKO, INC. v. PRESBYTERIAN HEALTH PLAN

Nos. 27,992, 29,016.

276 P.3d 252 (2011)

STARKO, INC., d/b/a Medicine Chest # 1, and Jerry Jacobs, d/b/a Pill Box Pharmacy #4, for and on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. PRESBYTERIAN HEALTH PLAN, INC., a New Mexico corporation, d/b/a Presbyterian Salud, Defendant-Appellee, and Cimarron Health Plan, Inc., a New Mexico corporation, d/b/a Cimarron Health Maintenance Organization, a/k/a Cimarron HMO, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, Starko, Inc., d/b/a Medicine Chest # 1, and Jerry Jacobs, d/b/a Pill Box Pharmacy # 4, for and on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. New Mexico Human Services Department, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

December 15, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peifer, Hanson & Mullins, P.A., Charles R. Peifer , Robert E. Hanson , Lauren Keefe , Elizabeth Radosevich , Cavin & Ingram, P.A., Sealy H. Cavin, Jr. , Stephen D. Ingram , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Long, Pound & Komer, P.A., John B. Pound , Santa Fe, NM, Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, PA, Edward Ricco , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee Presbyterian Health Plan, Inc.

Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., Lisa Mann , Jennifer A. Noya , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Cimarron Health Plan, Inc.

Gary K. King , Attorney General, Jerome Marshak , Special Assistant Attorney General, Eric R. Miller , Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee New Mexico Human Services Department.


OPINION

KENNEDY, Judge.

{1} Today, we update a continuing saga of Medicaid-related litigation spanning more than eleven years.1 Starko, Inc. and Jerry Jacobs are representatives of a certified class of pharmacists (collectively, Plaintiffs), who contend they were not properly reimbursed for their services under Medicaid. They argue that the New Mexico Human Services Department...

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