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Article: NOT WILLING TO FIGHT: BACKERS OF ARK. HMO PROVIDER LAW GIVE UP LEGAL BATTLE.
- Article from:
- Modern Healthcare
- Article date:
- October 5, 1998
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The Arkansas any-willing-provider law that was thrown out by the 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has been abandoned by the state and its provider backers after three years of litigation.
"None of the losing parties, including the state, have any intention of asking for a rehearing or (an appeal) to the Supreme Court," said Tim Gauger, an assistant attorney general. "We feel it would be better to take another run at legislation than continue to litigate it in the 8th Circuit."
Those losing parties were listed on the appeal brief as National Park Medical Center, of Hot Springs, Ark., and four physicians. One of the four, Y.Y. King, M.D., is a member of the ...