Medical Care
Quest Bills for Services Covered by Workers’ Comp Florida Class Action
This class action brings suit against companies that are trying to collect medical debt from injured consumers, alleging they do so even though the consumers are fully covered by Workers’ Compensation. The complaint calls this a violation of the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA). The companies are a series of medical laboratories—Quest Diagnostics, Inc.—and Read more
Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Covid-19 Settlement
This settlement resolves a class action suing a group of individuals (Bennett Walsh, David Clinton, Vanessa Lauziere, Celeste Surreira, and Francisco Ureña) about veterans at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home who unnecessarily contracted Covid-19 between March 1, 2020 and June 23, 2020. The complaint alleges that more than 160 veterans suffered and/or died because of the Read more
BCBS of Illinois LGBTQ Discrimination in Infertility Treatments Illinois Class Action
Do health insurance policies cover fertility treatments? And if so, do LGBTQ individuals have an equal right to receive them? This class action alleges that Health Care Service Corporation, which does business as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL), discriminates against LGBTQ people, because it imposes more onerous and expensive prerequisites on them Read more
Envision Texas Emergency Care Settlement
This settlement resolves a class action against Envision Healthcare Corporation, EmCare, Inc., EmCare Emergency Physicians, PLLC, and Old Settlers Emergency Physicians, PLLC for emergency room charges. The complaint alleged that patients were billed too much for the reasonable value of the emergency room services they were given. Read more
UCLA Doctor Sexual Abuse
The Regents of the University of California and Dr. James M. Heaps are spending $73 million to settle a class action alleging Heaps assaulted, abused, and engaged in harassing and offensive misconduct with female patients during the time he was in obstetrics and gynecology at UCLA. The complaint alleges that UCLA received notice of his Read more
AllianceHealth Liens Against Patients Covered by Insurance Oklahoma Class Action
If you’re treated at a hospital that accepts your insurance, the hospital is supposed to submit its claims to your insurer, right? The complaint for this class action alleges that Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS) doesn’t do this when patients are injured in auto accidents caused by a third party’s negligence. According to this complaint, Read more
Accident, Injury, Stalking, Fraud, the Ghana Police, and Judge Judy Conspiracy Class Action
Pro se complaints (that is, those written by a plaintiff without a lawyer) can be difficult to understand. This one, alleging conspiracies among sixty-seven disparate parties, is especially so. The defendants include Andrus Transportation Services, Inc., Concentra Health Services, Inc., Earl and Earl Law Firm, PLLC, Wells Fargo and Company, Inc., the Bank of Ghana, Read more
St. Vincent Seeks Higher Medical Bill Payments Arkansas Class Action
When Nicholas Dorado was injured in an auto accident, he discovered that the facility that treated him did not immediately submit the bills to his insurance company but looked for higher payments than those the insurance company was willing to make. This class action sues St. Vincent Community Health Services, Inc., St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Read more
Air Methods Air Ambulance Transport Charges Class Action
If you are sick or injured, you may need to be transported by air to a specific hospital or other facility. The complaint for this class action alleges that Air Methods Corporation and Rocky Mountain Holdings, LLC set prices for air transportation of patients that are four times what a fair price would be. Read more
HCA Healthcare Florida Emergency Room Surcharges Class Action
Emergency room bills are usually high—and sometimes higher than patients realize. In this class action, the complaint alleges that HCA Healthcare, Inc. imposes a surcharge for emergency room visits, in addition to charges for the actual services provided, that it does not tell patients about at the time of their emergency room visit. Read more