Where's Your Interim Award Now, Flanders...

Kaiser Foundation Heath Plan v. Superior Court, No. B272284 (D2d7 Jul. 31, 2017) 

This is a very complicated-seeming healthcare reimbursement litigation between some Hospitals and an Insurer. The parties ultimately agreed to arbitrate the dispute. A big issue in the arbitration was whether some of Hospital’s claims were preempted by provisions of the Medicare Act. The arbitrator found they were not and issued a “Partial Final Award” saying so.

Insurer asked the superior court to vacate the award. But instead, the superior court confirmed it. Insurer now appeals.

But that’s dead end.