COM., DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE v. EISEMAN

Nos. 45 EAP 2014, 46 EAP 2014, 47 EAP 2014

125 A.3d 19 (2015)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Appellee v. James EISEMAN, Jr., and the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, Appellants. Aetna Better Health, Inc., Health Partners of Philadelphia, Inc., and Keystone Mercy Health Plan, Appellees v. James Eiseman, Jr., and the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, Appellants. UnitedHealthcare of Pennsylvania, Inc. d/b/a UnitedHealthcare Community Plan and HealthAmerica Pennsylvania Inc. d/b/a CoventryCares, Appellees v. James Eiseman, Jr., and the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 27, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin David Geffen, Esq. , for James Eiseman, Jr., The Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia.

Eric L. Cramer, Esq. , Philadelphia, Nicholas Urban, Esq. , Berger & Montague, P.C., for Polsky, Daniel, Appellant Amicus Curiae.

Leonard Whitney Crumb, Esq. , Harrisburg, for Department of Public Welfare.

Daniel B. Huyett, Esq. , Neil Coleman Schur, Esq. , Stevens & Lee, P.C., Philadelphia, for The Pennsylvania Coalition of Medical Assistance Managed Care Organizations, Appellee Amicus Curiae.

Jeffrey L. Poston, Esq. , Crowell & Moring, L.L.P., for America's Health Insurance Plans, Appellee Amicus Curiae.

Karl Stewart Myers, Esq. , Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Aetna Better Health, Inc., CoventryCares.

SAYLOR, C.J., EAKIN, BAER, TODD, STEVENS, JJ.


OPINION

These appeals, as well as a companion set, concern the extent of the public's statutory right of access to discrete information about the implementation of the Medical Assistance Program.

In Pennsylvania, the Medical Assistance or Medicaid Program is administered by the Commonwealth's Department...

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