Opinion
2014-10-23
DENTAL BENEFIT PROVIDERS, INC. and UnitedHealthcare of Pennsylvania, Inc. d/b/a UnitedHealthcare Community Plan and HealthAmerica Pennsylvania, Inc., d/b/a CoventryCares, Respondents, v. James EISEMAN, Jr. and the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, Petitioners. Aetna Better Health Inc., Health Partners of Philadelphia, Inc., Keystone Mercy Health Plan, and DentaQuest, LLC, Respondents, v. James Eiseman, Jr., and the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, Petitioners. Department of Public Welfare, Respondent, v. James Eiseman, Jr. and the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, Petitioners.
Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court, Nos. 132 EAL 2014, 133 EAL 2014, 134 EAL 2014.
Prior report: Pa.Cmwlth., 86 A.3d 932.
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 23rd day of October, 2014, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue is:
Whether records showing the rates dental providers receive for treating Medicaid enrollees are “public records” subject to disclosure under the Right–to–Know Law when DPW's contracts with [MCO]s mandate that it have possession of or “ready access” to such records, and when such records directly relate to the governmental function of providing dental care to Medicaid enrollees[.]