Schulten, Ward & Turner, LLP v. Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority

Carley, Justice.

Pursuant to the Open Records Act (Act), OCGA § 50-18-70 et seq., Schulten, Ward & Turner, LLP (Schulten) sent a written request to Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority (Authority) for the following:

All records from 1995 to the present concerning collection claims for medical goods or services asserted against a Medicare beneficiary, or a liability insurer, subsequent to the billing of Medicare by the . . . Authority . . ., which resulted in payments to the [Authority] in excess of the Medicare allowed amount by Medicare beneficiaries individually, or liability insurers, other than…