Whether a group of health insurance providers can challenge emergency medical service providers' billing practices under federal antitrust law

No question identified. : BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF ALABAMA; USABLE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, DOING BUSINESS AS ARKANSAS BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD; ANTHEM BLUE CROSS LIFE AND HEALTH, DOING BUSINESS AS ANTHEM BLUE CROSS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL SERVICES, DOING BUSINESS AS ANTHEM BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF COLORADO; HIGHMARK BCBSD INCORPORATED; BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF GEORGIA, INCORPORATED; BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HEALTHCARE PLAN OF GEORGIA INCORPORATED; WELLMARK, INCORPORATED, DOING BUSINESS AS BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF IOWA, DOING BUSINESS AS WELLMARK BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD; BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS CITY; RIGHTCHOICE MANAGED CARE INCORPORATED; HEALTHY ALLIANCE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; HMO MISSOURI INCORPORATED; BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF MISSISSIPPI, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY; BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NEBRASKA, INCORPORATED; BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH DAKOTA; EMPIRE HEALTHCHOICE ASSURANCE INCORPORATED; EMPIRE HEALTHCHOICE HMO INCORPORATED; HEALTHNOW NEW YORK INCORPORATED; COMMUNITY INSURANCE COMPANY, DOING BUSINESS AS BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF OHIO; HIGHMARK INCORPORATED; WELLMARK OF SOUTH DAKOTA INCORPORATED; ANTHEM HEALTH PLANS OF VIRGINIA, INCORPORATED; PREMERA BLUE CROSS; BLUE CROSS OF IDAHO HEALTH SERVICE, INCORPORATED, DOING BUSINESS AS BLUE CROSS OF IDAHO, Applicants, v. ANGELINA EMERGENCY MEDICINE ASSOCIATES PA; ATASCOSA EMERGENCY MEDICINE ASSOCIATES PA; ATHENS EMERGENCY MEDICINE ASSOCIATES PA; BLUFF CREEK EMERGENCY MEDICINE ASSOCIATES, PA; BREWSTER EMERGENCY MEDICINE ASSOCIATES PA, ET AL., Respondents. MICHAEL C. DREW COVERT J. GEARY JONES WALKER LLP 201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 5100 New Orleans, LA 70170-5100 (504) 582-8276 Amy K. ANDERSON JONES WALKER LLP 5960 Berkshire Lane, 6th Floor Dallas, TX 75225 (214) 459-9682 Counsel for Applicants Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi, a Mutual Insurance Company; Highmark, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Independence Health Group, Inc.; Premera Blue Cross; USAble Mutual Insurance Company d/b/a Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield; and Wellmark, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates THOMAS C. HARDY CROWELL & MoRING LLP 455 North Cityfront Plaza Drive NBC Tower, Suite 3600 Chicago, IL 60611 (812) 321-4200 thardy@crowell.com Counsel for Applicants Blue Cross of Idaho Health Service, Inc.; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska, Inc.; and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota CATHERINE E.. STETSON Counsel of Record E. DESMOND HOGAN W. DAVID MAXWELL DANIELLE DESAULNIERS STEMPEL ASHWIN FUJII HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 (202) 637-5600 Counsel for Applicants Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company; Rocky Mountain Hospital and Medical Service, Inc.; Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, Inc.; RightChoice Managed Care, Inc.; Healthy Alliance Life Insurance Company; HMO Missouri, Inc.; Empire HealthChoice Assurance, Inc.; Empire HealthChoice HMO, Inc.; Community Insurance Company; and Anthem Health Plans of Virginia, Inc. JONATHAN M. HERMAN CHARLES HILL THE HERMAN LAW FIRM 1601 Elm Street, Suite 4460 Dallas, TX 75201 (214) 624-9805 Counsel for Applicants Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama and Healthnow New York Inc.