Judge Keeps Alive Patient’s Suit Against Hospital Over Billing Practices

Mealey's (February 10, 2017, 2:00 PM EST) -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A for-profit hospital’s release of a lien and return of a settlement check does not quash the standing of a patient who claims that it has a practice of improperly billing health insurers, a federal judge in Alabama held Feb. 7 (Marilyn R. Scroggins, et al. v. LifePoint Health, et al., No. 16-338, M.D. Ala., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16875)....