Cincinnati-based Catholic Healthcare Partners is among the defendants named in several class-action lawsuits that claim certain nonprofit medical systems charged uninsured patients inflated prices and went after those who couldn't pay with abusive bill collection practices. The 13 suits were filed in eight states, and the only Ohio defendant named was Community Health Partners in Lorain and its Cincinnati-based parent, CHP, according to a report from the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Scruggs Law Firm of Oxford, Miss., is leading a team of law firms across the country, who are expected to file more suits.
Posted by Editor at June 19, 2004 01:49 AM