District Court of Appeal of Florida

Dismissal of a declaratory judgment complaint seeking an interpretation of a statute which requires HMOs to pay healthcare providers, which have no contract with the HMO, for emergency medical treatment rendered to subscribers of the HMO is reversed where plaintiff-hospital's complaint stated a cause of action and therefore, the lower court erred when it granted judgment on the pleadings.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/21/2006
• Published 07/21/2006

Judges

• TORPY, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph I. Zumpano and Leon N. Patricios of Zumpano Patricios & Winker, PA, Coral Gables and Arthur J. England, Jr., of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, for Appellant., Edward J. Pozzuoli and Stephanie Alexander of Trip Scott, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, Amicus Curiae for Florida Hospital Association, Florida College of Emergency Physicians, Florida Medical Association, the American College of Emergency Physicians and The American Medical Association., Steven M. Ziegler and Dorothy F. Easley of Steven M. Ziegler, P.A., Hollywood, Amicus Curiae for Florida Association of Health Plans.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles C. Lane of Lau Lane Pieper Conley & McCreadie, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.