Judge Denies Evergreen Motions To Avoid RA Payment, Co-Op Appeals Ruling

A U.S. district court judge on Thursday (July 21) denied Evergreen Health Cooperative's various requests to avoid paying its $24.2 million risk adjustment charge for 2015, and Maryland's consumer-operated and -oriented plan appealed the decision the same day. “We are very disappointed with the decision not to grant Evergreen Health a temporary restraining order,” Evergreen Health CEO Peter Beilenson said in a statement from his spokesperson Thursday. “We will soon file an appeal with the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals...