Classy, No?
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
This story demonstrates or together with then pretty ugly things virtually the Boston healthcare market. Admittedly the even out originates from the successful police firm, simply the facts look pretty clear:
BOSTON, June 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 29, 2015, the Suffolk Superior Court issued a ruling inwards favor of Whittier IPA, Inc. ("Whittier"), an association of doctors based inwards Newburyport, inwards litigation against Steward Health Care Network, Inc. ("Steward"). In September 2014, Whittier, represented yesteryear the police describe of piece of employment solid Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP, filed an activity entitled Whittier IPA, Inc. v. Steward Health Care Network, Inc., No. 2014-3029 inwards the Business Litigation Session of the Suffolk Superior Court. The electrical load alleges, amid other things, that inwards connection alongside Whittier's determination terminal twelvemonth to affiliate alongside Beth State of Israel Deaconess Care Organization instead of Steward, Steward breached its contract alongside Whittier yesteryear depriving Whittier of millions of dollars inwards incentive payments earned pursuant to Payor contracts.
The Court's ruling yesterday denied Steward's motion to sack the electrical load together with allowed Whittier's cross-motion for partial summary judgment. The Court declared that "if incentive payments convey been received yesteryear SHCN from Payors inwards honour of reporting periods during which Whittier was a fellow member of SHCN, SHCN breached its contract alongside Whittier yesteryear failing to pay Whittier its pro rata percentage of those payments."
Whittier's President, Dr. Salman Ghiasuddin, said, "We are extremely pleased alongside the Court's ruling. The Court has decided inwards no uncertain price that Whittier is entitled to the relief it is seeking inwards the lawsuit."
The Court's ruling yesterday denied Steward's motion to sack the electrical load together with allowed Whittier's cross-motion for partial summary judgment. The Court declared that "if incentive payments convey been received yesteryear SHCN from Payors inwards honour of reporting periods during which Whittier was a fellow member of SHCN, SHCN breached its contract alongside Whittier yesteryear failing to pay Whittier its pro rata percentage of those payments."
Whittier's President, Dr. Salman Ghiasuddin, said, "We are extremely pleased alongside the Court's ruling. The Court has decided inwards no uncertain price that Whittier is entitled to the relief it is seeking inwards the lawsuit."
To translate. Whittier was previously affiliated alongside Steward and, spell it was, produced clinical results that merited incentive payments from insurers. When Whittier decided to bring together or together with then other network, Steward decided to withhold those funds.
Classy behavior, no?
What a waste materials of time, effort, together with coin both to convey to pursue together with defend against the claims raised inwards this case. Those are resources that would otherwise could convey been used for patient care.