Hospital Sues Nonprofit Leader

[herring_RN, ASN, BSN]

The Rev. Steve Braddock, president and CEO of Florida Keys Outreach Coalition, has spent decades advocating for the homeless, the poor and the elderly facing various indignities.

Now, he is due before circuit Judge Wayne Miller on Aug. 4 to answer a small-claims suit that he says is an example of the aggressive and questionable billing practices by Lower Keys Medical Center, owned by Community Health Systems, which this month was reported to own 25 of 50 hospitals that charge at least 10 times over Medicare-allowed costs....

Hospital sues nonprofit leader | KeysNews.com

Please read the article. He has been requesting an itemized bill for more than a yesr while making monthly $200.00 payments. After writing that he will not make another payment until he receives the bill he was served with a summons to small claims court.

This hospital has taken 26 former patients to court over payments.

[toomuchbaloney]

Please read the article. He has been requesting an itemized bill for more than a yesr while making monthly $200.00 payments. After writing that he will not make another payment until he receives the bill he was served with a summons to small claims court.

This hospital has taken 26 former patients to court over payments.

Something seems very fishy with the business model of this for profit health system.

[icuRNmaggie, BSN, RN]

Thank you for posting this.

All that I can think of is the many elderly people who pay these bills in good faith never suspecting the level of corruption that exists in these for profits.

It is very effective to file a complaint with the State Insurance Commission.

[xoemmylouox, ASN, RN]

Ridiculous. Hopefully he can bring their shameful practices to light. I don't think asking for an itemized bill is out of line. Good for him for standing his ground and not allowing this nonsense to continue.

[heron, ASN, RN]

The sad thing is that they're just imitating their betters in the finance industry. They're monetizing bad paper. It's what their shareholders expect of them.

According to The Greenspan, the only moral obligation that should apply to the business community is the duty to turn a profit. This is the fundamental assumption of the whole deregulation schtick. Woe betide anyone who questions that.

This could get really interesting.