IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
EASTERN DISTRICT
DENTAL BENEFIT PROVIDERS, INC. : No. 132 EAL 2014
AND UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF :
PENNSYLVANIA, INC. D/B/A :
UNITEDHEALTHCARE COMMUNITY : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the
PLAN AND HEALTHAMERICA : Order of the Commonwealth Court
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 : No. 133 EAL 2014
PARTNERS OF PHILADELPHIA, INC., :
KEYSTONE MERCY HEALTH PLAN, :
AND DENTAQUEST, LLC, : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the
: Order of the Commonwealth Court
Respondents :
:
:
v. :
:
:
JAMES EISEMAN, JR., AND THE :
PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER OF :
PHILADELPHIA, :
:
Petitioners :
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, : No. 134 EAL 2014
:
Respondent :
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the
: Order of the Commonwealth Court
v. :
:
:
JAMES EISEMAN, JR. AND THE PUBLIC :
INTEREST LAW CENTER OF :
PHILADELPHIA, :
:
Petitioners :
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[.]
The Prothonotary shall establish parallel briefing tracks for this case and Department of
Public Welfare v. Eiseman, No. 129-31 EAL 2014, and the two cases, though not
consolidated, shall be listed for argument at the same Court session.
[132-34 EAL 2014] - 2
Dental Benefit v. Eiseman, Pets.
Combined Opinion