St. Luke's Health Sys., Ltd. v. Bd. of Commissioners of Gem Cnty.

BRODY, Justice.

This appeal arises from a medical indigency application filed by St. Luke's with Gem County. On January 26, 2016, St. Luke's accepted an indigent patient suffering from meningitis, seizures, and brain lesions. The patient was ready for transfer to another medical facility by February 18, 2016, but was refused by multiple care providers because they did not want to admit an indigent patient without a payor source. St. Luke's finally contracted with Life Care, another medical facility, to take the patient on the condition that St. Luke's would guarantee payment for a thirty day…