St. Luke's Regional Medical Center, Ltd. v. Board of Commissioners

WALTERS, J. Pro Tem.

Saint Luke’s Regional Medical Center, Ltd. (St.Luke’s), appeals the order of the district court dismissing its petition for review based on the district court’s conclusion that a provider does not have standing to request judicial review of a board of county commissioners’ decision to deny a medical indigency application. We vacate the order of dismissal and remand the ease for further proceedings.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

From May 4, 2006, until June 21, 2006, St. Luke’s provided treatment to an eighty-one year old widow, Violet O’Brien, for cervical cancer.…