Arkansas Blue Cross-Blue Shield, Inc. v. Tompkins

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

Appellee made claim against Arkansas Blue Cross-Blue Shield for nursing services rendered his decedent William C. Lee, who was a patient in St. Vincent’s Infirmary in Little Rock for a total of 58 days on two different occasions during August, September, October and November 1971 at the direction of his physician, S. William Ross, M.D. The claim was made on a contract under the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, administered . by appellant. This suit was brought after appellant paid $675 for nursing services for the first ten days of the hospitalization but…