Mercy Healthcare Arizona, Inc. v. Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System

OPINION

McGREGOR, Presiding Judge.

Mercy Healthcare Arizona, Inc. (Mercy) challenges the trial court’s determination that the obligation of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) to reimburse Mercy for emergency medical care to an undocumented alien ended when the patient no longer required acute care. The primary issue on appeal is whether the trial court correctly interpreted the term “emergency medical condition” in Ariz.Rev. StatAnn. (“AR.S.”) section 36-2905.05 (1993).

I

On July 17, 1993, F.L., an undocumented alien, suffered serious injuries in a single vehicle, high-speed…