10 Aug: Mediation Message No. 26

HOSPITAL LIENS REQUIRE AN UNDERLYING DEBT Hospital liens in personal injury litigation impact settlement negotiations, since both plaintiffs and defendants take them into consideration in determining what sums the plaintiffs shall net after such liens have been paid off. Hospitals, too, rely on these liens to recover the difference between what they are paid by patients and/or their carriers and the reasonable value of the medical services provided. Parnell v. Adventist Health System/West (2005) 35…