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Solo Practitioner Takes on Powerful Adversary

Solo Practitioner Takes on Powerful Adversary

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Learn more visit logikcull.com Page 2 Michelle Blankenship Jordan, a self-described “country lawyer,” represented a financially struggling rural hospital in the Florida panhandle. The hospital was duped into believing it would be rescued by a healthcare management company. Instead, the management company allegedly used the hospital to exploit a loophole in lab testing reimbursement rates. To keep rural hospitals open, such rates are far higher than for other labs, $200 for a test vs. $1,000, for example, a CBS News investigation found. Jordan was alerted by hospital employees that huge shipments of testing samples were flowing through the hospital. The management company was eventually removed when it became obvious that insurance companies and policyholders were overpaying. The C

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