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Judge approves class-action settlement between Tenet Healthcare, uninsured patients

Case Management Weekly, August 17, 2005

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An LA-based judge approved an agreement by Tenet Healthcare Corp. to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing its hospitals of overcharging uninsured and underinsured patients, the Associated Press (AP) reported.

The settlement covers plaintiffs in California and eight other states - Texas, South Carolina, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana.

Those who received treatment at Tenet-run hospitals between June 15, 1999, and December 31, 2004, will be eligible for restitution, said attorney Steve Berman, who represented the plaintiffs, AP reported. Among several terms of the settlement, Dallas-based Tenet also agreed not to charge uninsured patients a managed care rate at any of the hospitals it runs in 19 states for a four-year period. Tenet and its subsidiaries did not acknowledge any wrongdoing, AP reported. Some 32,000 claims already have been submitted in the case.

Source: Patient Financial Services Weekly Advisor, HCPro, Inc.

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