No good deed goes unpunished, as the saying goes. For a firm client that provides medical coding, auditing, and collection services to health care practices, that good deed involved delivering services that helped an Illinois hospital increase revenue and collections, improve efficiency, and decrease outstanding receivables. For fulfilling and exceeding the expectations set forth in its contract with the hospital, our client’s punishment was to be unjustifiably and inexcusably stiffed out of over $1 million in earned and agreed-upon fees.
Fortunately, after filing a federal lawsuit for breach of contract and unjust enrichment, Alex Passo recently secured a settlement on behalf of the client in an amount close to the total sums owed under the contract between the parties. The settlement also resulted in the dismissal of the hospital’s counterclaim in which it alleged that our client failed to provide adequate services, under collected, and jeopardized the facility’s “safety net” status. All of which were red-herrings and unsubstantiated.
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