United States Third Circuit

Neither precedent nor the canons of statutory construction mandate that ERISA imposes a duty upon HMOs to automatically further disclose, to plan beneficiaries, information on plans in place that utilize financial incentives to encourage physicians to ration care in a cost-effective manner, under the circumstances.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/18/2002
• Decided 06/23/2003
• Published 06/23/2003

Judges

• Before ROTH, GREENBERG, Circuit Judges and WARD, District Judge.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• H. Laddie Montague, Jr.,Jerome M. Marcus, (Argued), Jonathan Auerbach, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edward F. Mannino, (Argued), David L. Comerford, James L. Griffith, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee.