Cedars-Sinai Medical Center v. Shewry

Opinion

DOI TODD, Acting P. J.—

INTRODUCTION

In 1983, the state contracted with the University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center (UCLA) that UCLA be the sole provider of medical services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries in Los Angeles. With the state’s approval, UCLA subsequently delegated to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Cedars-Sinai) the right to provide inpatient services to certain Medi-Cal beneficiaries and to bill the state for those services under UCLA’s contract rate. The delegation contract was later amended to expand the services Cedars-Sinai could provide. For the next four years,…