# Haleyville Health v. Winston Cty. Hosp.

> Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · May 10, 1996 · 678 So. 2d 789

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9933008

## Case

- **Full name:** Haleyville Health Care Center Age, Inc. and Joseph Church v. Winston County Hospital Board D/B/A Burdick-West Memorial Hospital.
- **Court:** Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
- **Decided:** May 10, 1996
- **Citations:** 678 So. 2d 789; 1996 WL 242353
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Robertson
- **Judges:** Crawley, Monroe, Robertson
- **Cited by:** 4 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9933008

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- recognizing that third-party payors are in a business relationship with patients and health care providers
- recognizing that "a hospital's charges for a Medicare patient `in part reflect what Medicare pays'"

## Opinion text

I concur in the affirmance in part; however, I dissent to the reversal in part.

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