The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has sued more than 8,000 patients, including hundreds of its own employees, to collect on unpaid medical bills since 2019, according to court records, CNN reported Friday morning. Among those UAMS sued were more than 500 of its own current and former employees, plus about 100 employees of Arkansas Children’s Hospital, which is affiliated with UAMS. The majority of the 20 defendants who spoke to CNN were current or former UAMS employees. UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson made the same comment to CNN, which noted that these policies are not publicly available on the UAMS website. Those records show that some of the employees UAMS sued for medical debt were making annual salaries of about $30,000 or less, CNN reported.

Source: CNN September 08, 2023 23:18 UTC