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Hospital wants employees to pay tax bill from $4M settlement

N.C. Baptist Hospital wants current and former employees and their families profiting from a federal class-action lawsuit against Baptist to pay the hospital's tax bill for the $4.07 million

Overtime lawsuit costs Beth Israel Deaconess and parent CareGroup $8.5 million

Pending court approval, CareGroup Healthcare System in Boston has agreed to pay up to $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit charging that four member hospitals--Beth Israel Deaconess Medical

UnitedHealthcare: Out-of-network ASCs file class action over low payments

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), led by the California centers Downey Surgical Clinic and Tarzana Surgery Center, are following in the footsteps of physicians to battle Minnetonka, Minn.-based

Health Net will pay $1.95 million in recession suit

Marking another landmark in a titanic struggle between health plans, providers and consumers over the right to cancel policies, Health Net has agreed to pay $1.95 million to California hospitals to

Advocate Health refunds $3.5M to patients

Advocate Health Care has agreed to refund as much as $3.5 million in payments to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that the network overcharged uninsured patients. The Oak Brook, IL-based

CA judge tells insurer not to seek $1,000 settlements

A California judge has issued a temporary restraining order against health plan Anthem Blue Cross, barring the company from offering former customers $1,000 to give up the right to file legal claims

UnitedHealth settles SEC charges

Following on the heels of an $895 million class-action suit settlement over stock-option back-dating, UnitedHealth Group has now agreed to settle charges that it violated a myriad of securities laws,