Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston) May 17, 2011, 14-09-01017-CV (Christus Health Gulf Coast v. Aetna, Inc.)

OPINION

JEFFREY Y. BROWN, Justice.

In this appeal, a group of hospitals challenge the trial court’s grant of summary judgment on the hospitals’ statutory claims for prompt-pay penalties in favor of a health maintenance organization, or HMO. Specifically, Christus Health Gulf Coast, Christus Health Southeast Texas, Gulf Coast Division, Inc.