Joe Hancock faces lawsuit for nearly $27,000
Air ambulance firm PHI Health filed a lawsuit against a contractor for nearly $27,000 in medical helicopter bills linked to a retired employee's heart attack. Health care providers are increasingly using litigation to collect on out-of-network charges.
- Field
- medicine and diagnostics
- What they did
- The air ambulance company PHI Health filed a lawsuit against a plumbing contractor for nearly $27,000 in medical helicopter bills for an employee who died after a heart attack.
- Why it matters
- This allows healthcare providers to recover costs from employers for treating employees when their insurance does not cover the care or the care is billed out-of-network.
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