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CHRISTUS HEALTH GULF COAST v. AETNA, INC.

No. 14-09-01017-CV.

347 S.W.3d 726 (2011)

CHRISTUS HEALTH GULF COAST, Christus Health Southeast Texas, Gulf Coast Division, Inc., Memorial Hermann Hospital System and Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas, Appellants, v. AETNA, INC. and Aetna Health, Inc., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

May 17, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Warden, Esq. , Eric Paul Chenoweth , Scott M. Clearman , Brian Dean Walsh , Brent Taylor Caldwell , Houston, for appellants.

Dimitri Zgourides , John B. Shely , Houston, for appellees.

Panel consists of Justices BROWN, BOYCE, and JAMISON.

OPINION

JEFFREY V. BROWN, Justice.

In this appeal, a group of hospitals challenge the trial court's grant of summary judgment on the hospitals' statutory claims for prompt-pay penalties in favor of a health maintenance organization, or HMO. Specifically, Christus Health Gulf Coast, Christus Health Southeast Texas, Gulf Coast Division, Inc., Memorial Hermann Hospital System, and Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas (collectively, the "hospitals") contend...

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