Business litigation attorneys
Business litigation attorneys are accustomed to dealing with complex commercial disputes. The types of disputes that can come about due to any business dealings can be endless. Besides contract disputes, there can be disputes over licensing and intellectual property. There can also be internal disputes between shareholders, officers or directors, and employees that need to be ironed out.
A Miami health plan has made a request to an appellate court to prevent an agency from going ahead with a contract concerning Medicaid managed-care services. A motion was filed in the 4th District Court of Appeal to block a contract involving another health care provider.
The two health care facilities, Care Access PSN and Prestige Health Choice, are competing for a contract pursuant to a 2011 law leading to beneficiaries of Medicaid enrolling in managed plans. The two providers sought a contract in Monroe and Miami-Dade to engage as a provider service network.
Prestige was awarded the contract by the Agency for Health Care Administration and this is what triggered the lawsuit by Care Access. One administrative judge already ruled that Prestige had not met the legal requirements to qualify for the contract. However, this judge’s ruling was not binding. As ACHA stood by its decision to award the contract to Prestige, Care Access then appealed this ruling.
Contract disputes such as this can often result in business plans being placed on hold. In this instance, the appeal will likely have to be resolved prior to any contract going forward. It’s for this reason that contract disputes do need to be taken seriously by an attorney with International Business Litigation experience.