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Iowa Code § 582.1 (2026)
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Health plan” means an individual or group plan that provides, or pays the costs of, medical care as that term is defined in the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191 and regulations promulgated thereunder.
2. “Hospital” means a public or private institution licensed pursuant to chapter 135B.
3. “Provider agreement” means a contract, understanding, or arrangement made by an association, corporation, county, municipal corporation, or other institution maintaining a hospital in the state, with any health plan or other entity for the provision or payment of health care services. 2007 Acts, ch 154, §1; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §132 \n
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 1978–2003 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Univ. of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics v. Hunter, 442 N.W.2d 94 (Iowa 1989).
State Ex Rel. Univ. of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics v. Hunter, 442 N.W.2d 94 (Iowa 1989). “Iowa Code section 582.1 defines a hospital lien as follows: Every association, corporation, county, or other institution, including a municipal corporation, maintaining a hospital in the *97 state, which shall furnish medical or other service to any patient injured by reason of…”
Broadlawns Polk Cnty. Hosp. Ex Rel. Fenton v. Est. of Major, 271 N.W.2d 714 (Iowa 1978). “Section 582.1 made the claim a lien and § 633.”
Blankenbaker v. Jonovich, 71 P.3d 910 (Ariz. 2003). “, Iowa Code § 582.1 (1992) (lien on "any recovery or sum had or collected or to be collected by .”
Baker v. Iowa Methodist Med. Ctr., 542 N.W.2d 847 (Iowa 1996). “Iowa Code § 582.1 . No such lien shall be effective, however, unless a written notice containing the name and address of the injured person, the date of the accident, the name and location of the hospital, and the name of the person or persons, firm or firms, corporation or…”
AMISUB (Saint Joseph Hosp.), Inc. v. Allied Prop. & Cas. Ins., 576 N.W.2d 493 (Neb. Ct. App. 1998). “Besides the admissions and denials referred to in its answer, Alhed alleged that chapter 582 of the Code of Iowa, concerning Iowa hospital hens, Iowa Code Ann. §§ 582.1 through 582.4 (West 1992), controhed the outcome of the case and that AMISUB had failed to comply with § 582.”
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