Brokaw Hospital v. State

This is a claim for services rendered by the Claimant, Brokaw Hospital, a region III-B hospital, to a patient pursuant to a contract with the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (hereinafter the Department) for the fiscal year 1978.

The parties have stipulated to the facts and have submitted the issue to the Court on briefs and stipulated documentation. That evidence shows that a written contract for services was entered into between Claimant and the Department on July 1, 1977. That contract placed a ceiling of $50,000 on the amount to be paid to Claimant during…