IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

BRUCE G. BARON, : No. 59 MAP 2017 : Appellant : Appeal from the Order of the : Commonwealth Court at No. 503 MD : 2016 dated September 21, 2017 v. : which sustained the preliminary : objections filed by Health Partners : Plans, Inc. and dismissed with COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF : prejudice the petition for review.

HUMAN SERVICES; AND, HEALTH : PARTNERS PLANS, INC., : : Appellees :

ORDER

PER CURIAM DECIDED: September 21, 2018 AND NOW, this 21st day of September, 2018, the order of the Commonwealth Court is AFFIRMED.

Appellee Health Partners’ Application in the Nature of a Motion to Dismiss for Mootness is DENIED AS MOOT.