Academy wins appeal

The Academy of Medicine and the other individual plaintiffs have won the latest round in the suit filed last year against four local insurers. The Ohio Court of Appeals unanimously upheld the findings of a Hamilton County Court that the doctors could not be forced, under their contracts with the insurers, to arbitrate the antitrust claims alleged in the suit. The same issue is still on appeal in Kentucky at this time.

Coming on the heels of the $100 million settlement with Humana, the attorneys for the Academy, et al, praised the ruling and indicated that the suit against the three remaining insurers will move, "quickly and forcefully."