MERCY HEALTHCARE v. ARIZONA HEALTH CARE

No. 1 CA-CV 94-0046.

181 Ariz. 95 (1994)

887 P.2d 625

MERCY HEALTHCARE ARIZONA, INC. dba St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM, an agency of the State of Arizona and Mabel Chen, M.D. in her capacity as director of the AHCCCS Administration, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

December 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gammage and Burnham, P.L.C. by Richard B. Burnham, Susan L. Watchman, Margo S. Kirchner, Phoenix, for plaintiff-appellant.

Johnston Maynard Grant and Parker, P.L.C. by Logan T. Johnston, Phoenix, for defendants-appellees.


OPINION

McGREGOR, Presiding Judge.

Mercy Healthcare Arizona, Inc. (Mercy) challenges the trial court's determination that the obligation of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) to reimburse Mercy for emergency medical care to an undocumented alien ended when the patient no longer required acute care. The primary issue on appeal is whether the trial court correctly interpreted the term "emergency medical condition" in Ariz. Rev. Stat....

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