3175 A health care service plan does not commit an unlawful business practice by paying intermediaries with whom health care providers and the plan have contracted for service to the plan's subscribers, even if the plan has knowledge that the intermediaries are not financially stable.CitationCA MEDICAL ASSN v AETNA (Insolvent Intermediaries) 94 CA4 151 [See: B&PC 17200 etseq; H&SC 1371 etseq; Samura v Kaiser 17 CA4 1284, T/AT 10/93; CelTech v LA Cellular 20 C4 163, T/AT 5/99; Chavez v Whirlpool 93 CA4 363, T/AT 12/01]
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