LORI RUBINSTEIN PHYSICAL THERAPY v. PTPN

No. B187172.

56 Cal.Rptr.3d 351 (2007)

148 Cal.App.4th 1130

LORI RUBINSTEIN PHYSICAL THERAPY, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PTPN, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division Four.

March 23, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, Harvey Rosenfield, Pamela Pressley, Santa Monica; Blecher & Collins, Maxwell M. Blecher and James Robert Noblin, Los Angeles, for Plaintiffs and Appellants..

Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Blake R. Jones and Jay N. Hartz, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent PTPN, Inc.

Hogan & Hartson, Gary L. Urwin and Richard L. Stone, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent Blue Cross of California.


WILLHITE, J.

In 1982, the California Legislature enacted legislation that paved the way for the proliferation of a new kind of health care service plan, the preferred provider organization (PPO). That year, the Legislature amended Insurance Code section 10133 to allow private health insurers to contract with hospitals and providers of medical services for alternative rates of payment for those services, thus permitting...

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