ENCOMPASS OFFICE SOLUTIONS v. LOUISIANA HEALTH

No. 17-10736.

919 F.3d 266 (2019)

ENCOMPASS OFFICE SOLUTIONS, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LOUISIANA HEALTH SERVICE & INDEMNITY COMPANY, doing business as BlueCross BlueShield of Louisiana. Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed March 19, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer R. Ecklund, Esq. , William Lowell Banowsky , Andrew Christian Cookingham , Richard Barrett Phillips, Jr. , Reed Cullen Randel , Attorney, Thompson & Knight, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jonathan M. Herman , Charles Wilson Hill , Herman Law Firm, Dallas, TX, Allison Lee Nunley Pham , Charles Andrew O'Brien , Senior Attorney, Elizabeth Pugh Odom , Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before JONES, BARKSDALE, and WILLETT, Circuit Judges.


Encompass Office Solutions, Inc. provided equipment and staffing for doctors to perform surgery in their own offices. Doctors and patients took to this service; insurers did not. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana (BCBSLA) began denying Encompass's claims for in-office surgery support. BCBSLA instead paid a "Global...

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