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Tenet agrees to settle unfair pricing class-action lawsuits with consumers.(NewsWire)
Attorneys representing healthcare consumers announced they have reached a proposed nationwide settlement with Tenet Healthcare Corporation. Originally filed in December 2002, the lawsuit claimed that patients not covered by insurance plans were charged excessive prices at 114 hospitals owned and operated by Tenet subsidiaries in 16 different states. The lawsuit claimed that as a result of a scheme to boost its Medicare outlier payments Tenet increased its "gross charge." The lawsuit charged that this increase in gross charges violated California's consumer protection and unfair competition laws. The settlement class includes any uninsured patient who received medically ...
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...higher prices to uninsured patients than those paid...which earlier sued Tenet Healthcare Corp...Back in January, Tenet proposed a plan to bill uninsured patients at discounted rates...approval to do so. A Tenet spokesman said...
