Healthcare/Hospital Law
Jan. 29, 2009
ER Doctors Sue State Over Patient Costs
With emergency rooms filled, reimbursements sagging and dozens of hospitals nearing bankruptcy across the state, ER doctors have launched a new lawsuit against California for not paying them what it costs to treat patients.
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - With emergency rooms filled, reimbursements sagging and dozens of hospitals nearing bankruptcy across the state, ER doctors have launched a new lawsuit against California for not paying them what it costs to treat patients. The five physician groups behind the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, seek to raise the state's pay rates for treating the poor, elderly and d...
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