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3269 REVIEW DENIED A hospital that has received payment from a patient's HMO does not commit an unlawful business practice by filing a lien for the reasonable value of its services on the patient's recovery in an action against third parties responsible for injuries for which the patient received treatment.CitationSWANSON v ST JOHN'S REG MED CTR (Double Billing) 97 CA4 245 [See: B&PC 17200 etseq; CivC 3045.1 etseq; Brooks v St Mary Hosp (RhgGrtd) 57 CA4 241, T/AT 10/97 1721; Olszewski v (RevGrtd) 88 CA4 1268, T/AT 6/01 3031; Hanif v Housing 200 CA3 635; Nishihama v City 93 CA4 298, T/AT 12/01 3031; McMeans v ScrippsHealth (RhgGrtd) 97 CA4 38; CelTech v LA Cellular 20 C4 163, T/AT 5/99 2308]
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