A new tactic in the war over out-of-network bills: Health care providers are suing employers
Leafing through them, he read seven words no small business owner wants to see: “A lawsuit has been filed against you.” The complaint, from air ambulance firm PHI Health, claimed Hancock was on the hook for almost $27,000 in medical helicopter bills.
This past August, Joe Hancock, a Kentucky plumbing and heating contractor, opened a just-delivered box packed with hundreds of sheets of paper.
They were tied to one of his now-retired employees, who needed an emergency flight after a heart attack.
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