RIGHTCHOICE MANAGED CARE v. HOSPITAL PARTNERS

No. 5:18-cv-06037-DGK.

489 F.Supp.3d 907 (2020)

RIGHTCHOICE MANAGED CARE, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. HOSPITAL PARTNERS, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Missouri, Saint Joseph Division.

Signed September 24, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amira A. ElShareif , Pro Hac Vice, Jaime J. Wing , Pro Hac Vice, Jamie R. Kurtz , Pro Hac Vice, Jeffrey S. Gleason , Pro Hac Vice, Nathaniel J. Moore , Pro Hac Vice, Randall Tietjen , Pro Hac Vice, Jason W. Pfeiffer , Robins Kaplan LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Timothy W. Billion , Pro Hac Vice, Robins Kaplan LLP, Sioux Falls, SD, Michael L. Jente , Neal F. Perryman , Lewis Rice LLC, St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiffs RightCHOICE Managed Care, Inc., Blue Cross of California, Inc., Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company, Rocky Mountain Hospital and Medical Service, Inc., Anthem Health Plans, Inc., Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Inc., Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, Inc., Anthem Insurance Companies, Inc., Anthem Health Plans of Kentucky, Inc., Anthem Health Plans of Maine, Inc., Healthy Alliance Life Insurance Company, HMO Missouri, Inc., Anthem Health Plans of New Hampshire, Inc., Empire HealthChoice Assurance, Inc., Community Insurance Company, Anthem Health Plans of Virginia, Inc., HMO Healthkeepers, Inc., Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin, Compcare Health Services Insurance Corporation, BCBSM Inc., Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon, Regence BlueShield, Regence BlueShield of Idaho.

Amira A. ElShareif , Pro Hac Vice, Jaime J. Wing , Pro Hac Vice, Jamie R. Kurtz , Pro Hac Vice, Jeffrey S. Gleason , Pro Hac Vice, Nathaniel J. Moore , Pro Hac Vice, Randall Tietjen , Pro Hac Vice, Jason W. Pfeiffer , Robins Kaplan LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Scott R. Knapp , Pro Hac Vice, Lansing, MI, Timothy W. Billion , Pro Hac Vice, Robins Kaplan LLP, Sioux Falls, SD, Michael L. Jente , Neal F. Perryman , Lewis Rice LLC, St. Louis, MO, Scott David Hofer , Foland Wickens Roper Hofer & Crawford, Kansas City, MO, for Plaintiff Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Mutual Insurance Company.

Amira A. ElShareif , Pro Hac Vice, Jaime J. Wing , Pro Hac Vice, Jamie R. Kurtz , Pro Hac Vice, Jeffrey S. Gleason , Pro Hac Vice, Nathaniel J. Moore , Pro Hac Vice, Randall Tietjen , Pro Hac Vice, Jason W. Pfeiffer , Robins Kaplan LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Michael L. Jente , Neal F. Perryman , Lewis Rice LLC, St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiff Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah.

Ronald Marney, II , Mission, KS, Meghan Marie Sholy , Michael Rudd , Philip R. Dupont , Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard, PC, Kansas City, MO, for Defendants Hospital Partners, Inc., Empower H.I.S. LLC, Jorge Perez.

Elizabeth L. Berry , Pro Hac Vice, John T. Bentivoglio , Pro Hac Vice, Jennifer L. Spaziano , Pro Hac Vice, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC, Thomas W. Rynard , Ellinger and Associates LLC, Jefferson City, MO, for Defendant LifeBrite Laboratories, LLC.

John Justin Johnston , Johnston Law Firm LLC, Kansas City, MO, for Defendant David Byrns.

Aaron Chickos , Pro Hac Vice, Gregory J. Minana , Sarah L. Zimmerman , Husch Blackwell LLP, St. Louis, MO, Michael Owens , Stueve Siegel Hanson, LLP, James R. Montgomery , Husch Blackwell LLP, Kansas City, MO, for Defendants Labmed Services, LLC, SeroDynamics, LLC, Beau Gertz, Mark Blake.

Elizabeth L. Berry , Pro Hac Vice, John T. Bentivoglio , Pro Hac Vice, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Washington, DC, Thomas W. Rynard , Ellinger and Associates LLC, Jefferson City, MO, for Defendant Christian Fletcher.

Tasker, A.J., IV , Pro Hac Vice, Jesse B. Berryman, IV , Pro Hac Vice, Seth Schwartz , Pro Hac Vice, The Schwartz Law Group, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, John R. Hicks , Paul Anthony Breer , Norris Keplinger Hicks & Welder, LLC, Overland Park, KS, for Defendant James F. Porter, Jr.


ORDER FINDING WAIVER OF PRIVILEGE FOR UNJUSTIFIABLE DELAY IN PRODUCING PRIVILEGE LOG

This lawsuit arises out of an alleged pass-through billing scheme for laboratory tests billed from a small, rural Missouri hospital. Plaintiffs, a collection of health

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