Mount Sinai Hospital v. Kornegay

This is one of several cases to be litigated in this court in recent years that have in common a central problem of considerable significance. (Knickerbocker Hosp. v. Downing, 65 Misc 2d 278; Mount Sinai Hosp. v. Brinn, 73 Misc 2d 1; Society of N. Y. Hosp. v. Blake, 73 Misc 2d 305.) In these eases, a hospital has rendered costly medical services to needy patients who are in fact eligible for medical assistance in the discharge of the bill. For reasons varying with the facts of the case, the Medicaid payment is not authorized or made. The hospital then sues the patient for the value of the…