Sunny Hostin's husband, Dr. Emmanuel Hostin, is one of the many defendants in an insurance fraud lawsuit. The American Transit Insurance Company (ATIC) names Dr. Hostin and his practice, alongside more than 180 defendants, in a major RICO case for allegedly submitting fraudulent insurance bills.
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Filed on December 17 in New York, the lawsuit directly mentions Hostin, saying that he "knowingly provided fraudulent medical and other healthcare services including arthroscopic surgeries," according to the Daily Mail. In return, the defendants allegedly billed ATIC "in exchange for kickbacks and/or other compensation."
Dr. Hostin's attorney, Daniel Thwaites, spoke with the outlet and denied any allegations against his client, calling the lawsuit a "meritless lawsuit by a near-bankrupt insurance carrier."
"It is meant to intimidate and harass doctors from collecting for care given to American Transit insureds and their passengers," Thwaites said. "American Transit has rushed into the lawsuit without ever conducting an examination of Dr. Hostin or expressing any concerns to his lawyers."
Thwaites said that the insurance carrier is "abusing the legal system to limit and restrict health care benefits to its insureds and their passengers, and write off its proper obligations." Meanwhile, he said that Dr. Emmanuel Hostin had an "impeccable record," and that ATIC did not conduct an evaluation on him.
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Sunny Hostin previously talked about the lawsuit during an episode of The View, calling her husband a doctor who wants to do good and suffers "because of big corporations." Furthermore, she says, ""[He] operates on someone even though they don't have insurance and then has to sue health insurance companies to get paid for the work."
