title: Defending the next round of non-profit hospital class action lawsuits.
abstract: Recent controversies surrounding how not-for-profit hospitals price to and collect from the uninsured have resulted in class action lawsuits, investigations by state attorneys general, and other governmental investigations. The author argues that oversight at the hospital governing board level has been lax and sets forth a series of specific steps that hospital boards should take to deal with these controversies whether or not their specific hospital or hospital system has been investigated or sued.
authors.affiliation: Stitt Klein Daday Aretos & Giampietro, LLC, USA.
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Olson
mesh_terms: D002608:Charities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017722:Hospital Charges / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016365:Liability, Legal; D006278:Medicare; D009014:Morals; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States