California Court of Appeal

A hospital that has received full payment for services under the terms of its contract with a medical insurance provider is not entitled to file a lien to recover the difference between that payment and the hospital's "usual and customary" charges for similar services.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/25/2003
• Published 02/25/2003

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• King & Hanagami and William K. Hanagami, Los Angeles;  Law Offices of Ralph B. Wegis and Ralph B. Wegis, Bakersfield, for Plaintiff and Appellant., Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney, Joanne Hoeper, Chief Trial Attorney, and David B. Newdorf, Deputy City Attorney, for City and County of San Francisco;  Manuela Albuquerque, City Attorney, for City of Berkeley;  and Casey Gwinn, City Attorney, for City of San Diego, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Latham & Watkins, Robert D. Crockett and Sara Mars, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents., Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Barry S. Landsberg and Joanna S. McCallum, Los Angeles, for Catholic Healthcare West;  Friestad & Giles, Deborah Giles and Christine Friestad for Scripps Health, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.