 FEATURE REPORT:
A New Twist On Hospital Pricing Controversies
TWO SEATTLE CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS
HIGHLIGHT THE INDUSTRY PRACTICE OF
'FACILITY-BASED' versus 'FREESTANDING' HOSPITAL CLINIC PRICING DIFFERENTIALS
Kathlynn
Polvino
Summer Martin |
Kathlynn Butler Polvino
and Summer Martin, two attorneys with the Atlanta-based law firm Powell Goldstein,
extensively researched one of the class actions, the 'Virginia Mason' class action; they
discuss this potentially far-reaching case and also provide background on the
'facility-based' pricing issue.
LATE NEWS 11-2-06: Virginia Mason settles...read
announcement.
See the key
class action settlement terms (note: if a sign-in is requested, cancel out and the
document should appear). LISTEN
to press conference featuring plaintiffs' attorney and lead plaintiff.
(Note: this audio streams in windows media.
Running time: 18:00 minutes)
Click Here to hear the
interview with attorneys Polvino
and Martin on the Virginia Mason case (running time: 33 minutes)
Read the attorneys'
March 2006 article about this case
published in For the Record
Magazine |
See selected case materials below from the public court record relating to the Virginia
Mason Medical Center case
(thanks to the interviewees for locating and obtaining these materials):
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