Mary K. Patchett v. Ashley N. Lee

On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, Nó. 29A04-1501-CT-00001

SLAUGHTER, Justice.

In Stanley v. Walker, 906 N.E.2d 852 (Ind.2009), we interpreted Indiana’s collateral-source ■ statute to permit a defendant in a personal-injury suit to introduce discounted reimbursements negotiated' between the plaintiffs medical providers and his private health insurer, so long as insurance is not referenced. Today, we hold the rationale of Stanley v. Walker applies equally to reimbursements by government payers. The animating principle in both cases is that the medical provider has agreed…