Parkview Hospital v. Thomas E. Frost by Shirley A. Riggs, his Guardian

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s conclusion that the Hospital Lien Act allows an uninsured hospital patient to renegotiate the terms of his contract with the hospital.

This ease is controlled by our supreme court’s holding in Allen v. Clarian Health Partners, Inc. In Allen, uninsured patients executed contracts with the hospital under which they “guaranteed payment of the account[s].” 980 N.E.2d 306, 308 (Ind.2012). After providing the patients care, the hospital attempted to collect its chargemaster rates against the patients. The patients sued the hospital for breach of contract on…