COUNTY DPW v. DEACONESS HOSP.

No. 82A05-9103-CV-83.

588 N.E.2d 1322 (1992)

COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF VANDERBURGH COUNTY, Indiana Department of Public Welfare, and Dorothy Walker, Appellants-Defendants, v. DEACONESS HOSPITAL, Inc., Appellee-Plaintiff.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Fifth District.

March 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Jane Humphrey, Evansville, for appellants-defendants.

Wm. Michael Schiff, Mary Lee Franke, Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, Evansville, for appellee-plaintiff.


BARTEAU, Judge.

Appellee-plaintiff Deaconess Hospital provided in-patient treatment to Dorothy Walker, then requested payment for its services from appellants-defendants the Department of Public Welfare of Vanderburgh County ("County DPW") and the Indiana Department of Public Welfare ("State DPW") under the Hospital Care for the Indigent Act, Ind. Code 12-5-6-1, et seq. ("HCI Act"). Payment was denied. After exhausting administrative remedies to no avail, Deaconess...

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