IHC Hospitals, Inc. v. Board of Commissioners

SHEPARD, Justice.

These are consolidated appeals from the orders of the district court, which summarily affirmed rulings of the Board of Commissioners of Twin Falls County rejecting claims of IHC Hospitals, Inc. for costs allegedly incurred in caring for infant children of medically indigent parents. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for additional proceedings.

The first issue presented for decision concerns the degree and nature of proof required from a hospital to sustain its claim for the costs of medical care to newborn infants whose parents are allegedly medically indigent. In…