The consent decree between feuding health care giants Highmark and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center remains on track to expire June 30 after a Commonwealth Court judge ruled June 14 that the agreement’s modification provision does not apply to the termination date.

The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, backed by Highmark, is seeking the extension, arguing that a broad modification provision in the consent decree allows for the termination date to be changed and that allowing the consent decree to expire while the two companies remain engaged in litigation would substantially harm hundreds of thousands of western Pennsylvania residents. UPMC has disputed that any harm would occur and argues that the deadline cannot be changed.

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