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Case ID: 3781 | Drugs / Medical | 10/12/2004
A class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of uninsured patients who received and were billed for medical care by any hospital within the South Dakota based Sioux Valley Hospitals and Health System network of hospitals. The suit contends that Sioux Valley billed its uninsured patients at rates far in excess of the rates employed for insured patients and that this practice was and is both discriminatory and illegal.
The complaint further states that Sioux Valley enjoys non profit status and the associated tax benefits but in fact is highly profitable, with gross assets of nearly half a billion dollars and net assets of a quarter billion dollars in 2003. The complaint further alleges that Sioux Valley’s collection practices are unreasonable and abusive. Plaintiffs seek financial damages and injunctive relief, including the placement of all assets accrued by using unfair and deceptive practices into a constructive trust for the benefit of the plaintiffs. These assets are alleged to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
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