Pacificare Health Systems, Inc. v. Jeffrey Book, U.S. No. 02–215 (April 7, 2003), at slip op. 6.
2.
In re Managed Care Litigation, 132 F. Supp.2d 989, 992 (S.D. Fla. 2000).
3.
Id.
4.
Id.
5.
Id. at 993. See also Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”) 9 U.S.C. § 2 (2000).
6.
Id. at 1001.
7.
Id. at 1007.
8.
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) 18 U.S.C. § 1964(c) (2000). The RICO Act, passed in 1970, makes it a crime to act, or conspire to act, in a pattern of racketeering activities in connection with an interstate enterprise. In this case, the physicians alleged a conspiracy among the defendant health plans to manipulate provider contract relationships in order to avoid paying valid healthcare claims.
9.
In re: Managed Care Litigation, 132 F. Supp.2d at 992–994 (citing Paladino v. Avnet Computer Technologies, Inc., 134 F.3d 1054 (11th Cir. 1998)).
10.
Paladino, 134 F.3d at 1062.
11.
Id.
12.
In re Humana Inc. Managed Care Litigation, 285 F.3d 971 (11th Cir. 2002).
13.
Id. at 976.
14.
Id.
15.
Pacificare, U.S. No. 02–0215 at slip op. 6.
16.
Id.
17.
Id. at slip op. 3 (citing Vimar Seguros y Reaseguros, S.A. v. M/V Sky Reefer, 515 U.S. 528 (1995)).
18.
Vimar, 515 U.S. at 530.
19.
Id. at 531.
20.
Id.
21.
Pacificare, U.S. No. 02–0215 at slip op. 4.
22.
Id.
23.
Id. at slip op. 5
24.
Id. at slip op. 6
25.
RohlikJ., “Arbitration as a Model for Resolution of Health Care Disputes Between Health Care Professionals and Health Care Organizations,”Saint Louis University Law Journal, 41 (1997): 1005–1014, at 1006.
26.
Brief of Amici Curiae Washington Legal Foundation, at 11, Pacificare Health Systems, Inc. v. Jeffrey Book, U.S. No. 02–215 (April 7, 2003).
27.
See Rohlik, supra note 25.
28.
FedorF.P., “An Arbitration Primer for Providers,”Healthcare Financial Management, 56, no. 11 (2002): 46.
29.
NeversA.H., “Medical Malpractice Arbitration in the New Millennium: Much Ado About Nothing?”Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal, 1 (2000): 45–90, at 55; See also In re Managed Care Litigation, 132 F. Supp. 2d at 993.
30.
See Fedor, supra note 28.
31.
Id.
32.
BiermanA.E.Comment, “A Modest Proposal: Model Arbitration Provisions in the Age of Managed Care,”Wayne Law Review, 45 (1999): 173–202, at 196.
