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State Farm sues Adventist; Insurer says Fla. system overcharged for auto accidents.

Publication: Modern Healthcare
Publication Date: 05-FEB-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: State Farm sues Adventist; Insurer says Fla. system overcharged for auto accidents.(The Week in Healthcare)(State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., Adventist Health System Sunbelt Health Care Corp.)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Laura B. Benko

Piggybacking on the ongoing debate over hospital billing of the uninsured, one of the nation's largest auto insurance carriers is suing Adventist Health System Sunbelt Health Care Corp. for allegedly charging grossly inflated prices to treat car-accident victims at its 17 Florida hospitals.

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., which covers 3 million vehicles in the state, claimed that Adventist's Florida hospital system has charged 225% to 1,000% more than average Medicare rates when treating patients injured in car crashes. It also contends that Winter Park, Fla.-based Adventist, which operates 29 not-for-profit hospitals in 10 states, refuses to tell State Farm how much it charges other private insurers for the same services.

In its lawsuit, filed last month in state...

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