A judge denied Prisma Health’s request for a temporary restraining order preventing UnitedHealthcare from disclosing details about contract negotiations to the press.
In an order filed in South Carolina’s 13th judicial court on Sept. 8, a judge wrote that Greenville-based Prisma “failed to establish the grounds necessary for a temporary injunction,” Becker’s reports.
In initial court filings, Prisma Health alleged UnitedHealthcare breached its contract with the system by disclosing information about Prisma Health’s rate proposals to several media outlets, and by not providing a copy of any statement issued to the media at least 48 hours in advance.
The judge rejected Prisma’s requests to issue a temporary restraining order barring UnitedHealthcare from making public any confidential information from Prisma and from making any statements to the media about Prisma without 48 hours’ notice. Read more.
