GONZÁLEZ-MALDONADO v. MMM HEALTHCARE, INC.

No. 11-1880.

693 F.3d 244 (2012)

Carlos P. GONZÁLEZ-MALDONADO; Annette Acevedo-Hernández; Conjugal Partnership González-Acevedo, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. MMM HEALTHCARE, INC., a/k/a Medicare y Mucho Más, a/k/a MMM; PMC Medicare Choice, Inc., a/k/a PMC; Medical Management Services Organization, Inc., a/k/a MSO, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 7, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicolás Nogueras-Cartagena and Nogueras Law & Associates on brief for appellants.

Harry Anduze-Montaño and José A. Morales-Boscio on brief for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, HAWKINS and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Two physicians who contract with HMOs refused to accept capitation payments in place of fee-for-service payments, so the HMOs dropped the physicians' contracts. The physicians brought constitutional and antitrust claims against the companies, which the district court rejected on a motion to dismiss. The physicians now appeal. We describe briefly the underlying events alleged in the complaint.

Appellant Carlos P. González-Maldonado...

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