UNITED HEALTHCARE v. CMTY. MENTAL HEALTH

No. 2020-CA-00697-SCT, No. 2020-IA-00683-SCT.

335 So.3d 1055 (2022)

UNITED HEALTHCARE OF MISSISSIPPI INC. and United Behavioral Health Inc. v. MISSISSIPPI'S COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSIONS, Region One Mental Health ("Region 1"); North MS Commission on ML/MR d/b/a Communicare ("Region 2"); Northeast Mental Health-Mental Retardation Commission, Region III d/b/a Lifecore Health Group ("Region 3"); Region IV Mental Health Services d/b/a Timberhills ("Region 4"); Region 6 Community Mental Health Commission, d/b/a Life Help ("Region 6"); Region VII Mental Health/Intellectual Disabilities Commission d/b/a Community Counseling Services ("Region 7"); Region 8 Mental Health Services ("Region 8"); Hinds Behavioral Health Services ("Region 9"); Region 10 State of MS d/b/a Weems Community Mental Health Center ("Region 10"); Southwest Mississippi Mental Health and Retardation Commission-Region 11 d/b/a Southwest Mississippi Mental Health Complex ("Region 11"); Region XII Commission on Mental Health and Retardation d/b/a Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources ("Region 12"); Gulf Coast Mental Health Center ("Region 13"); Singing River Mental Health/mental Retardation Services, Region XIV ("Region 14"); and Warren Yazoo Behavioral Health, Inc. ("Region 15"). United Healthcare of Mississippi Inc. and United Behavioral Health Inc. v. Mississippi's Community Mental Health Commissions: Region One Mental Health ("Region 1"), North MS Commission on MI/MR d/b/a Communicare ("Region 2"), Northeast Mental Health-Mental Retardation Commission, Region III d/b/a Lifecore Health Group ("Region 3"), Region IV Mental Health Services d/b/a Timberhills ("Region 4"), Region 6 Community Mental Health Commission d/b/a Life Help ("Region 6"), Region VII Mental Health/Intellectual Disabilities Commission d/b/a Community Counseling Services ("Region 7"), Region 8 Mental Health Services ("Region 8"), Hinds Behavioral Health Services ("Region 9"), Region 10 State of MS d/b/a Weems Community Mental Health Center ("Region 10"), Southwest Mississippi Mental Health and Retardation Commission-Region 11 d/b/a Southwest Mississippi Mental Health Complex ("Region 11"), Region XII Commission on Mental Health and Retardation d/b/a Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources ("Region 12"), Gulf Coast Mental Health Center ("Region 13"), Singing River Mental Health/Mental Retardation Services, Region XIV ("Region 14") and Warren Yazoo Behavioral Health, Inc. ("Region 15").

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 24, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS: TIMOTHY JOHN STERLING , CHARLES G. COPELAND , REBECCA SUZANNE BLUNDEN , Ridgeland.

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES: GEORGE H. RITTER , CHARLES EDWARD COWAN , JOHN P. SNEED , Jackson.

BEFORE RANDOLPH, C.J., COLEMAN AND CHAMBERLIN, JJ.


¶1. In 2012, United Healthcare of Mississippi (United) entered into provider agreements with Mississippi's fourteen Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) to provide Medicaid services under the Division of Medicaid's (DOM's) managed care program established under Mississippi Code Section 43-13-117(H...

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