Overcharging Alleged at Nonprofit Hospitals
Advocate Health Care Network, Fairview Health Systems and Baptist Health Systems Inc. are among the nonprofit, tax-exempt hospitals in eight states being sued for allegedly overcharging uninsured patients.
The suits seek damages on behalf of all uninsured people who were allegedly charged more than insured patients for nonprofit hospital medical care, according to 13 federal suits filed in eight states.
The American Hospital Assn., the national trade group for nonprofit hospitals, is also named in the suits.
A spokeswoman for the hospital association called the suits “baseless.”
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