When You Should File Medical Bankruptcy by Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Center, P.A. on 5/21/2012 Medical costs continue to skyrocket. The costs are made higher if you have to go for follow-up treatment or consume ongoing medication. And if your case involves major surgery, it can cost six figures. All this is enough to...more
Ortiz v. Aurora Health Care, Inc. (In re Ortiz), No. 10-3465 (7th Cir. Dec. 30, 2011) by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 1/9/2012 Ortiz v. Aurora Health Care, Inc. (In re Ortiz), No. 10-3465 (7th Cir. Dec. 30, 2011) The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the debtors’ appeal of the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of the debtors’ state law...more
Too Often Medical Debt = Bankruptcy + Foreclosure by Lawyers.com on 1/6/2012 Christmas came early to Claire Findley, a California woman who’s dying of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, and was facing the threat of eviction. Earlier in the year, Bank of America foreclosed on her house. Claire and...more
You Can Eliminate Medical Bills In Bankruptcy by Fonfrias Law Group LLC. on 12/12/2011 As health care costs and hospital bills continue to skyrocket, more and more families face medical bills they can't even begin to pay. And in spite of new legislation and talk about universal health care coverage, the...more
Health Law Alert: Five Things Directors of Nonprofit Health Care Providers Can Learn from Lemington Home by Ober|Kaler on 12/7/2011 Recently, a federal appeals court in In re Lemington Home for the Aged revived claims brought by unsecured creditors against the directors and officers (D&Os) of the insolvent Lemington Home for the Aged when it reversed a...more
In re Otero County Hospital Association, Inc. (d/b/a Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center) Declaration of Morgan Hay in Support of First Day Motions Filed by Debtor Otero County Hospital Association, Inc. by Randall Reese on 8/16/2011 For other documents from this bankruptcy case, please visit: http://www.chapter11cases.com/Otero-County-Hospital-Association-Inc-dba-Gerald-Champion-Regional-Medical-Center_c_27945.html For more information about major...more
In re Otero County Hospital Association, Inc. (d/b/a Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center) Amended Voluntary Petition by Randall Reese on 8/16/2011 For other documents from this bankruptcy case, please visit: http://www.chapter11cases.com/Otero-County-Hospital-Association-Inc-dba-Gerald-Champion-Regional-Medical-Center_c_27945.html For more information about major...more
Insurance Legal News - July/August 2011 • Volume 4, Number 4 by Dickinson Wright on 8/15/2011 In This Issue: - FEDERAL HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION UPDATE by Cynthia A. Moore, Member - MICHIGAN SENATE PASSES HEALTH INSURANCE CLAIMS ASSESSMENT LEGISLATION - TENNESSEE REVISES CAPTIVE INSURANCE LAW by John E....more
Why Long-Term Care Insurance is Important to Doctors by IKE DEVJI on 4/12/2011 One commonly overlooked area a doctor’s personal planning is the possibility that you or a loved one may need long-term care (LTC) as a result of age, illness, or accidents. In cases where such care is required, the...more
Wyoming Nursing Home Rules Out Bankruptcy by Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Center, P.A. on 2/10/2011 Wyoming’s largest nursing home, Shepherd of the Valley Care Center has ruled out filing for bankruptcy protection as an option to rid itself of its financial woes. As its financial problems got to crisis levels, the nursing...more
Medical Expenses and Bankruptcy: Arizona Bankruptcy Attorney by John Skiba on 2/1/2011 A fair amount of my clients have dealt with an extended illness that caused them to incur significant medical bills. In my own experience it seems that the health insurance premiums keep rising but the level of coverage...more
B.R. Summerlin Property, LLC (d.b.a. The Heights at Summerlin) Files for Chapter 11 Protection by Randall Reese on 1/14/2011 We recently added the bankruptcy case of B.R. Summerlin Property, LLC (d.b.a. The Heights at Summerlin) to our databases. The company, which filed for chapter 11 protection earlier this month in Nevada, listed the location of...more
Archdiocese of Milwaukee Files For Bankruptcy As a Result of Abuse Litigation by Randall Reese on 1/5/2011 On Tuesday, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin became the latest in a string of Catholic Dioceses to file for chapter 11 protection as a result of costs associated with clergy abuse litigation. The Milwaukee Archdiocese...more
InSight Health Services Holdings Corp. Files Second Prepackaged Chapter 11 Case in 3 1/2 Years by Randall Reese on 12/13/2010 On Friday, InSight Health Services Holdings Corporation and a number of affiliates voluntarily filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Southern District of New York bankruptcy court with a prepackaged chapter 11...more
Elderly Driven to Bankruptcy by High Healthcare Costs by Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Center, P.A. on 11/19/2010 A study by the University of Michigan Law School by bankruptcy expert, Professor John Pottow shows that many elderly people have been filing for bankruptcy. For example, from 1991 to 2007 the percentage of those between age...more