University of Utah Hospital v. Minidoka County

BOYLE, Justice.

These consolidated cases involve applications filed by the University of Utah Hospital pursuant to the Idaho Medical Indigency Act, Idaho Code tit. 31, ch. 35. We are called upon to determine whether the hospital is entitled to hearings on its claims as provided in I.C. § 31-3505.

I

Facts and Proceedings Below

The Heward Claim: Pamela Heward was admitted to the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, for emergency medical treatment on September 16, 1982. The hospital recovered only a portion of its billing prior to being advised that the Hewards had filed a Chapter 7…