[DOWNLOAD] "Daughters of Charity Health Services of Waco v. Linnstaedter" by Supreme Court of Washington # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Daughters of Charity Health Services of Waco v. Linnstaedter
- Author : Supreme Court of Washington
- Release Date : January 01, 2007
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 75 KB
Description
Few patients today ever pay a hospitals full charges, due to the prevalence of Medicare, Medicaid, HMOs, and private insurers who pay discounted rates. The question presented here is whether a hospital paid by a workers compensation carrier can recover the discount from its full charges by filing a lien against a patients tort recovery. Because hospitals cannot sue such patients for the discount, we hold they cannot accomplish indirectly (by filing a lien) what they could not do directly (by filing suit).