Sacred Heart Medical Center v. Nez Perce County Commissioners

TROUT, Chief Justice.

This is a medical indigency case under chapter 35, title 31, Idaho Code. Appellant, Sacred Heart Medical Center (“SHMC”), appeals Respondents’ Nez Perce County Commissioners (“County”) denial of a third-party *216claim for reimbursement for the cost of medical services rendered to an indigent resident of Nez Perce County. Because the facts support the County’s denial of reimbursement, the district court judgment is affirmed.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1998, Roberta P. (“Patient”), an indigent resident of Nez Perce County, was undergoing treatment for gall bladder…