Children's Hospital Central California v. Blue Cross of California

Opinion

LEVY, Acting P. J.

This appeal concerns a dispute between respondent Children’s Hospital Central California (Hospital) and appellants Blue Cross of California and Blue Cross of California Partnership Plan, Inc. (Blue Cross), over the reasonable value of the poststabilization emergency medical services provided by Hospital to Medi-Cal beneficiaries enrolled in Blue Cross’s Medi-Cal managed care plan. The services at issue were rendered during a 10-month period when Hospital and Blue Cross did not have a written contract that covered those beneficiaries.

Blue Cross paid Hospital…