United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

HEALTH REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee

KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN INC., KAI- SER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF GEORGIA, KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES, INC., KAISER FOUNDA- TION HEALTH PLAN INC. OF COLO., KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTHPLAN OF THE NW, GROUP HEALTH COOPERATIVE, HARKEN HEALTH IN- SURANCE COMPANY, HEALTH PLAN OF NE- VADA, INC., OXFORD HEALTH PLANS (NJ), INC., ROCKY MOUNTAIN HEALTH MAINTENANCE OR- GANIZATION, INCORPORATED, UNITEDH- EALTHCARE BENEFITS PLAN OF CALIFORNIA, UNITEDHEALTHCARE COMMUNITY PLAN, INC., UNITEDHEALTHCARE INSURANCE COMPANY, UNITEDHEALTHCARE LIFE INSURANCE COM- PANY, UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF ALABAMA, INC., UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF COLORADO, INC., UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF FLORIDA, INC., UNIT- EDHEALTHCARE OF GEORGIA, INC., UNITEDH- EALTHCARE OF KENTUCKY, LTD., UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF LOUISIANA, INC., UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF MISSISSIPPI, INC., UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF NEW ENGLAND, INC., UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF NEW YORK, INC., UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF NORTH CAR