Dental Benefit, et al. v. Eiseman et al. s. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT DENTAL BENEFIT PROVIDERS, INC. AND UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC. D/B/A UNITEDHEALTHCARE COMMUNITY PLAN AND HEALTHAMERICA PENNSYLVANIA, INC., D/B/A COVENTRYCARES, : No. 132 EAL 2014 : : : 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 : 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 : No. 133 EAL 2014 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the : Order of the Commonwealth Court : : : : : : : : : : : 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

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