Orlando Health, a 16-hospital system operating in central Florida, has filed a lawsuit against Liberty HealthShare, accusing the faith-based cost-sharing organization of failing to pay for medical services provided to its members, Healthcare Dive reports.
The suit filed in U.S. District Court in Orlando, alleges that Liberty notified the hospital system in August 2021 that it owed about $1.1 million for a “large block of claims” but then failed to provide information that would allow Orlando Health to verify the outstanding account balances.
Orlando Health accuses Liberty, which also operates under the name Gospel Light Mennonite Church Medical Aid Plan, of instructing patients not to disclose the organization as an outside source of funding in order to “illegitimately secure the reduced ‘charity rate’ for medical services,” according to the complaint. Read more.
