Facts

Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford is a hospital located in Palo Alto. It provided services to Patient D, who was allegedly enrolled in a health plan sponsored, administered, or financed by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology (collectively, University Defendants). The plan provider was Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, Inc. The hospital claimed it was owed compensation for the services rendered, and on January 10, 2021, it filed suit against the University Defendants and Blue Cross.

PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS: Plaintiff contended it had provided services to Patient D; that it had not been paid for the services rendered; that Patient D was enrolled in a health plan sponsored and provided by the defendants; that the actions of the parties crated an implied-in-fact contract based upon the receipt and provision of services; and that the defendants breached this contract by not paying for the services Patient D received. Plaintiff further contended that it was entitled to recover from the defendants based on quantum meruit.

DEFENDANTS' CONTENTIONS: The defendants denied any wrongdoing or liability and all the plaintiff's material allegations. The University Defendants specifically contended that, as arms of the Georgia government, they were immune from liability under the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Result

The court granted the University Defendants' motion to dismiss.