Smallwood v. Central Peninsula General Hospital

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• holding claim regarding hospital's billing practices covered by the UTPA
• noting that the state and federal regulations do not “govern[] the form of the provider billing statement or prohibit[] [certain] billing practices” and thus the specific unfair acts alleged are not prohibited by those regulations and the UTPA claim can proceed
• Medicaid patient was third-party beneficiary of provider agreement between hospital and state and could enforce agreement
• \Medicaid recipients are the intended beneficiaries of the prohibition on balance billing. That intent is evident from the state and federal Medicaid statutes and regulations and from the terms of the provider agreement.\
• \Medicaid recipients are the intended beneficiaries of the prohibition on balance billing. That intent is evident from the state and federal Medicaid statutes and regulations and from the terms of the provider agreement.\

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