AETNA BETTER HEALTH v. DEP'T OF HEALTH

No. COA21-97.

866 S.E.2d 265 (2021)

2021-NCCOA-486

AETNA BETTER HEALTH OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC., Petitioner, North Carolina Provider Owned Plans, Inc., d/b/a My Health by Health Providers, Intervenor, v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent, and WellCare of North Carolina, Inc., Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina, Inc., UnitedHealthcare of North Carolina, Inc., and Carolina Complete Health, Inc., Respondents-Intervenors.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed September 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP, Raleigh, by Patricia P. Shields , Linda Stephens , M. Duane Jones , and Tatiana M. Terry ; Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Charlotte, by Nash Long and Kevin J. Cosgrove ; Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP by Marc J. Kessler and E. Sean Medina , for Petitioner-Appellant Aetna Better Health of North Carolina, Inc.

Haynswoth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., by Robert Y. Knowlton , Elizabeth H. Black , Boyd B. Nicholson, Jr. ; and Attorney General Joshua H. Stein , by Special Deputy Attorney General Colleen M. Crowley , and Special Deputy Attorney General John R. Green, Jr. , for Respondent-Appellee North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

Alexander Ricks PLLC, Charlotte, by Rodney E. Alexander and Mary K. Mandeville , and Mayer Brown, LLP, by Rodger V. Abbot , Luke Levasseur , and Marcia G. Madesen , for Respondent-Intervenor-Appellee AmeriHealth Caritas of North Carolina, Inc.

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphry & Leonard, LLP, by Jennifer K. Van Zant , Greensboro, Jessica Thaller-Moran , and Eric F. Fletcher , Greensboro, for Respondent-Intervenor-Appellee Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina.

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton, LLP, Raleigh, by Lee M. Whitman , Paul J. Puryear, Jr. , for Respondent-Intervenor-Appellee Carolina Complete Health, Inc.

Alston & Bird LLP, by Jessica L. Sharron ; and Tharrington Smith LLP, Raleigh, by F. Hill Allen and Colin Shive , for Respondent-Intervenor-Appellee UnitedHealthcare of North Carolina, Inc.

Morningstar Law Group, Raleigh, by Shannon R. Joseph ; and Holland & Knight, by Karen D. Walker , for Respondent-Intervenor-Appellee Wellcare of North Carolina, Inc.

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, Raleigh, by Matthew W. Wolfe , Robert A. Leandro , and Melanie Black Dubis , for Respondent-Intervenor-Appellee North Carolina Provider Owned Plans, Inc. d/b/a My Health by Health Providers.


¶ 1 Aetna Better Health of North Carolina, Inc. ("Aetna") appeals from an order entered dismissing their petition for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and denying their motion for an extension of time for service of process. We affirm.

I. Background

¶ 2 The North Carolina Department of Health and Human...

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