Medical Care
Lifeguard Ambulance No Agreement for Charges to Patient Class Action
Problems have arisen in recent years about the costs of medical assistance, the ability of patients to freely assent to those costs, and the outsized nature of the costs themselves. The complaint for this class action alleges that Lifeguard Ambulance Service, LLC attempted to recover transportation costs from a patient that she had never agreed Read more
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Emergency Room Surcharge Class Action
The complaint for this class action alleges that the Kadlec Regional Medical Center’s emergency room charges a “cover charge”—a fee in addition to the itemized fees—for being seen at the center’s emergency room. The fee is not disclosed to patients at the time of their treatment and the complaint claims that this is “a substantial Read more
AmerisourceBergen Misdiagnoses for Immunoglobulin Sales Class Action
The allegations made in this complaint are startling: that companies paid doctors to misdiagnose patients “for the purpose of increasing sales” of the companies’ expensive immunoglobulin (IVIG) to increase their profits. The companies are a related group: I.g.G. of America, Inc. and IHS Acquisition XXX, Inc. are units of US Bioservices Corporation, which itself is Read more
Cancer Center Advertising: Investigation of Truth Versus Emotional Appeal
When is it a bad idea to give someone with a serious disease hope? When you’re highlighting an atypical case so that it’s false hope, says the group Truth in Advertising (TINA.org). It’s talking about commercials for cancer treatment centers that use testimonials from patients who recovered, even though the chances of survival with certain Read more
Washington Regional Medical Center Pursues Insured Patient for Higher Charges Class Action
This class action takes on another practice of the convoluted US healthcare system in which injuries sustained in a car accident may not be paid for by the injured person’s medical insurance. The complaint claims that plaintiff Curtis Randolph was treated at Washington Regional Medical Center (WRMC), a hospital within his insurer’s network, but that Read more
