California Appeals Panel: No Class Certification In Suit Over Hospital’s Direct Billing

Mealey's (November 30, 2017, 8:51 AM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — A California man who alleges that a San Diego hospital inflates its rates and charges uninsured patients rates that are much higher than those paid by patients with insurance and exceed the actual costs of providing treatment has presented too many individualized issues to be granted class certification, a California appeals panel ruled Nov. 17 (Artur Hefczyc v. Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, No. D07124, Calif. App., 4th Dist., Div. 1, 2017 Cal. App. LEXIS 1016)....

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