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MEDICAL SOC. v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

Nos. 22 MAP 2010, 23 MAP 2010

39 A.3d 267 (2012)

The PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY, on behalf of itself and all of its Members, and Peter M. Daloni, M.D., Karen A. Rizzo, M.D. and Martin D. Trichtinger, M.D., Appellees v. The DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF the COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania and Office of the Budget of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellants. The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, Geisinger Health System, St. Vincent Health Center and Abington Memorial Hospital, Appellees v. The Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of the Budget of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 29, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan F. Bloom , Thomas Walter Dymek , Karl Stewart Myers , Stradley, Ronon, Steven & Young, L.L.P, Philadelphia, for Amicus Curiae, the Senate of the Commonwealth of PA.

Philip H. Lebowitz , David Edwdn Loder , Philadelphia, Nina L. Russakoff , Duane Morris, L.L.P., for Hospital & Healthsystem Assoc. of PA; Geisinger; St. Vincent; Abington Memorial Hospital.

Mark Alan Aronchick , Matthew Aaron Hamermesh , Daniel Segal , Dylan Joshua Steinberg , Philadelphia, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, P.C., for Dept. of Public Welfare & Office of the Budget.

Barbara J. Holland , Office of General Counsel, Robert L. Pratter , PA Governor's Office of General Counsel, Mary Soderberg, for Office of the Budget.

Doris M. Leisch , Philadelphia, Allen C. Warshaw , Harrisburg, PA Department of Public Welfare, Estelle Richman, for Department of Public Welfare.

Tara Lynn Smith , PA House of Representatives, Nora Winkelman, for Appellant Amicus Curiae, Rep. Todd A. Eachus, Majority Leader of the PA House of Rep.

Kevin James McKeon , Scott Thomas Wyland , Harrisburg, Hawke McKeon & Sniscak, L.L.P., for PA Medical Society; Peter Daloni, M.D.; Karen Rizzo, M.D.; Martin Trichtinger, M.D.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice BAER.

The Department of Public Welfare ("DPW") and the Office of the Budget of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (collectively, the "Commonwealth") appeal from an order of the Commonwealth Court, which granted summary relief to Appellees, the Pennsylvania Medical Society and its individual members (collectively, "PAMS"), and the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania and its individual members (collectively, "HAP"), ...

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