Brokaw Hospital v. State

OPINION

Raucci, J.

In the two captioned actions, Claimant hospital is seeking medical vendor-payments from the Illinois Department of Public Aid (IDPA), pursuant to section 11—13 of the Public Aid Code (or PAC, Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 23, par. 11—13), for psychiatric-related services which Claimant alleges were rendered to 23 named patients over the period April 1988 through June 1990. Claimant alleges that 21 of these patients were recipients of Aid to the Medically Indigent, or “AMI” (assistance category “97”), eligible to receive assistance as provided in article VII of the PAC (§§ 7—1 et…