High court lets stand Va. 'any willing provider' law. (US Supreme Court)

National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition, December, 1993 by Schwartz, Matthew P.

Virginia's any willing provider law that outlaws exclusive provider contracts between insurance companies and health care providers was upheld by the US Supreme Court. In the case, Stuart Circle Hospital Corp sued Aetna Health Management after Aetna denied it the opportunity to join Aetna's preferred provider organization (PPO) network. Under Virginia's law, PPOs cannot deny health care providers the right to participate in their network.

The United States Supreme Court has let stand a Virginia court's decision that preferred provider organizations in the state cannot bar health care providers from their PPO networks.

The Supreme Court's decision follows a June 1993 ruling by a three-judge panel of the 4th United States Circuit of Appeals in Richmond which...

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