Healthcare/Hospital Law
Feb. 12, 2009
ER Patients Use Court Ruling to Push for Billing Refunds
Health care providers reeling from a Supreme Court decision last month that allowed "balance billing" could suffer a new financial blow if retroactive lawsuits are allowed to proceed. Hospitals and ER doctors could be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars in collective refunds to patients they billed several years ago, particularly if plaintiffs' lawyers file a wave of class actions over the issue.
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - Ariel Sabban wants a $57.83 refund for a medical bill he paid more than a year ago. And he has the attention of the state's multibillion-dollar hospital industry. The San Diego man sued Scripps Memorial Hospital and its emergency physician group last month, claiming they broke the law by billing him for the difference between what his insurer would pay and the full $521 bill for treating a c...
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