SAMARITAN HEALTH SERVICES v. AHCCCS

Nos. 1 CA-CV 91-0495, 1 CA-CV 91-0568.

178 Ariz. 534 (1994)

875 P.2d 193

SAMARITAN HEALTH SERVICES, dba Air Evac, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION, an Agency of the State of Arizona; Dr. Leonard Kirschner, in his capacity as Director of AHCCCS; Arizona Physicians IPA, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Defendant-Appellants. SAMARITAN HEALTH SERVICES, an Arizona corporation, dba Air Evac, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARIZONA PHYSICIANS IPA, INC., an Arizona corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Review Denied June 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meyer, Hendricks, Victor, Osborn & Maledon, P.A. by Ron Kilgard, G. Murray Snow, Phoenix, for appellant Arizona Physicians IPA, Inc.

Johnston Maynard Grant & Parker by Logan T. Johnston, Jeffrey C. Brodin, Phoenix, for appellants AHCCCS and Kirschner.

Gammage & Burnham by Richard B. Burnham, Curtis Ullman, Lisa A. Neuville, Phoenix, for appellee Samaritan Health Services.


OPINION

EHRLICH, Acting Presiding Judge.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether the superior court correctly ruled that the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System Administration ("AHCCCS") and Arizona Physicians IPA, Inc. ("APIPA") must pay Samaritan Health Services' claim for emergency air transportation services provided to a patient who was a member of Arizona's indigent health-care program. We affirm the court's judgment for the reasons which...

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