TUSCON MEDICAL CENTER v. Apache County

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

The issue here is whether a private hospital which has rendered care to an indigent under A.R.S. § 11-297.01 must comply with A.R.S. § 11-622 by submitting a claim to the county before it can receive payment for its services. We hold that it does and affirm.

Tucson Medical Center (TMC) rendered emergency medical services from September 25, 1981, to December 2, 1981, to patient Baby Girl Browneyes, an indigent resident of Apache County. The cost of these medical services was $79,026.25, of which $48,966.30 has been paid by a non-county source.

TMC mistakenly sent a claim to…