Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles filed a lawsuit Jan. 3 against HealthCare Partners, alleging the El Segundo, Calif.-based medical group owes the hospital more than $6 million, according to the Los Angeles Business Journal.
In the complaint, Cedars-Sinai claims HealthCare Partners has relied on the hospital to provide lifesaving care to patients and then either paid nothing or only a small percentage of the amounts due.
"HealthCare Partners failed and refused to fully honor its obligation to pay," the complaint reads, according to the report.
A HealthCare Partners spokesman told the Los Angeles Business Journal the medical group denies the merits of the lawsuit.
HealthCare Partners is a subsidiary of Denver-based DaVita.
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