November 20, 2023

Hospital chain PeaceHealth, which operates in Washington State, has been ordered to refund more than 15,000 low-income patients up to $13.4 million after the Washington Attorney General’s Office found it billed patients without notifying them of their eligibility to obtain financial assistance.  PeaceHealth must also pay $2 million to the Attorney General’s Office to reimburse the cost of the government’s investigation.  WA AG

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