7 results for 'cat:"Debt Collection" AND cat:"Health Care"'.
J. Murphy finds the circuit court improperly found for the hospital and its billing agent. Patients filed this class action after the hospital declined to bill their insurer, Blue Cross, for treatment for injuries from an auto accident, seeking the full amount from the patients and the at-fault party. The court improperly refused to allow the patients to conduct discovery to fully respond to the hospital's motions for summary judgment and to dismiss. Reversed.
Court: Arkansas Court Of Appeals, Judge: Murphy , Filed On: April 3, 2024, Case #: CV-22-211, Categories: debt Collection, health Care, Discovery
J. Nowell finds that the lower court improperly awarded attorney fees in this suit for damages but otherwise affirms the judgment. The petition stemmed from an alleged medical debt, and the evidence sufficiently established the validity of the appellee's sworn account claim. However, the appellant was improperly denied a jury trial on attorney fees. Reversed in part.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals, Judge: Nowell, Filed On: March 15, 2024, Case #: 05-23-00053-CV, Categories: debt Collection, health Care, Attorney Fees
J. Rowland grants a medical billing agency’s motion for summary judgment on a debtor’s claims it issued statements that did not comply with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The court finds, contrary to the debtor’s claims, that the agency isn’t an FDCPA-regulated debt collector in relation to the debtor's accounts, and therefore it has no obligation to comply with FDCPA disclosures.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Rowland, Filed On: January 22, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv1509, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: debt Collection, health Care
J. Wendlandt determines that enforcement of a Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act lien against a MassHealth member is only allowed if the property encumbered by the lien is sold during the member’s lifetime. However, the three-year statute of repose of the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code does not retroactively bar MassHealth from recouping medical benefits from a member who died before the probate code became effective.
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Court, Judge: Wendlandt, Filed On: December 13, 2023, Case #: SJC-13439, Categories: debt Collection, health Care, Medicaid
J. Tostrud grants the healthcare provider's motion to dismiss counterclaims, along with the third-party defendant intermediary's motion to dismiss claims against it, all brought by the Armed Forces Office of the Saudi embassy in a suit initiated by the healthcare provider against it alleging unpaid medical bills. The Armed Forces Office has not plausibly alleged that it was damaged by either the healthcare provider or the intermediary's conduct, since the litigation the healthcare provider initiated is not a tort in itself and costs of being involved in litigation are not enough to claim damages. It also has not established that either party acted in bad faith, nor that any claimed breach of fiduciary duty caused damages.
Court: USDC Minnesota, Judge: Tostrud, Filed On: December 7, 2023, Case #: 0:21cv2666, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: debt Collection, health Care, Damages
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J. Papillion denies a request by a medical billing and collections company to set aside an order requiring it to produce records related to the payment of at least $355,000 for the medical treatment of a Dollar General customer who has filed a slip and fall action. Healthcare providers who treat persons seeking damages in personal injury cases are frequently called upon to participate in the discovery process, and the order is not unduly burdensome.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Louisiana , Judge: Papillion, Filed On: November 9, 2023, Case #: 2:22cv2179, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Civil Procedure, debt Collection, health Care
J Dein finds that a pharmacy owner has no personal liability to repay a lender. The lender required the pharmacy owner to continue to run the pharmacy he purchased via loan from it, and expected him to invest his own money into it, even after he told the lender that the pharmacy was accruing further debt and that he was prevented from keeping the inventory it needed. He had asked for advice from the lender multiple times on how to save the pharmacy without getting any advice or help before he turned the pharmacy back over to the lender.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Dein, Filed On: September 20, 2023, Case #: 1:16cv10666, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: debt Collection, health Care, Banking / Lending