AGENCY HLTH. CARE ADMIN v. PCA FAM. HLTH.

Nos. 95-1659, 95-2790.

695 So.2d 737 (1996)

STATE of Florida, AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION and Times Publishing Company, et al., Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. PCA FAMILY HEALTH PLAN, INC., a Florida corporation, and PCA Health Plans of America, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 11, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heidi E. Garwood and Mark S. Thomas, Senior Attorneys, for State of Florida, Agency for Health Care Administration.

George K. Rahdert, Alison M. Steele, and Kenneth A. Guckenberger of Rahdert & Anderson, St. Petersburg, for Times Publishing Company, The Miami Herald Publishing Co., a Division of Knight-Ridder, Inc., Sentinel Communications Company, and The Sun Sentinel Company.

Andrew S. Berman of Young, Berkman, Berman & Karpf, P.A., North Miami Beach, for PCA Family Health Plan, Inc. and PCA Health Plans of Florida, Inc.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Patricia Gleason and Charlie McCoy, Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, for Amicus Curiae the State of Florida.

Miriam Harmatz, Florida Legal Services, Inc., Miami; Margaret F. Zehern and Paulette Ettachild, Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc., Miami and Key West, Anne T. Swerlick, Florida Legal Services, Inc., Tallahassee, Walter Carfora, Gulfcoast Legal Services, Inc., Bradenton, Christopher Jones, Greater Orlando Area Legal Services, Orlando, and Jerrie Magruder, Legal Aid Society of Orange County Bar Association, Orlando, for Amicus Curiae Florida Legal Services, Health/Senior Workgroup and Florida Clients Council.


BARFIELD, Chief Judge.

In this appeal and cross-appeal from a final summary judgment and a final order of the circuit court, we are asked to interpret section 641.515(2), Florida Statutes (1993), to determine the meaning of the words "any identifying information", and determine whether the confidentiality exemption of section 641.515(2) extends to the investigation of a Medicaid provider pursuant to section 409.913(7)(d). We hold that the trial court correctly construed...

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