husband “The View” Co-host Sunny Hostin was charged with insurance fraud in a sweeping federal lawsuit filed last month.
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Emanuel “Manny” Hostin and his practice, Hostin Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, have been named among more than 180 defendants in a major RICO case filed in New York on December 17.
according to Daily MailHostin and the other defendants allegedly receive “kickbacks” to perform surgeries and issue fraudulent bills to the insurance company that provides services for Uber, Lyft, and other taxi companies.
“Hostin knowingly provided fraudulent medical and other health care services including laparoscopic surgeries,” the lawsuit alleges, adding that American Transit Insurance Company, which filed the lawsuit, was billed “for kickbacks and/or other compensation.” “. “They were disguised as dividends or other cash distributions.”
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Dr. Emanuel Hostin, husband of The View co-anchor Sunny Hostin, has been charged with insurance fraud in a wide-ranging federal lawsuit filed in New York last month. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Bezos Awards for Courage and Civility)
In a press release announcing the $450 million lawsuit filed by American Transit He said“The federal court complaint, filed in the Eastern District of New York, alleges that the defendants sought to take advantage of New York’s no-fault auto insurance laws, which require insurers to reimburse policyholders for the costs of medically necessary and documented care up to $50,000.” US for personal or private passenger vehicles ($200,000 for New York City taxis and rental vehicles) for injuries resulting from an accident regardless of serious fault No-fault recoveries can incentivize service providers with Bad intentions of over-diagnosing, over-treating, and over-billing to get as much money back for themselves.”
According to the Daily Mail, the lawsuit alleges that Hostin received an “investment” interest in the Empire State Ambulatory Surgery Center while receiving a “steady stream” of patient referrals in return.
Two Houston patients named in the lawsuit were allegedly treated in January 2023 after being involved in “low-impact” collisions that were said to have caused only minor damage, “no more than soft tissue injuries,” but both underwent arthroscopic surgery.
Hosten's lawyer told the Daily Mail that his client denies all of the allegations and called the suit “a sweeping, rambling and baseless lawsuit by an insurance company on the verge of bankruptcy.”
“This is intended to intimidate and harass doctors from collecting the costs of care provided to US insurance companies and their riders,” attorney Daniel Thwaites told the Daily Mail. “The real story here is about an insurance company abusing the legal system to limit and restrict health care benefits for its insureds and their riders, and write off its corresponding liabilities.”
Sunny Hostin and her husband, Emmanuel Hostin, have been married since 1998. (Diya Dibasobil/Getty Images)
Sunny Hostin spoke about her husband's work on “The View” last month while discussing the health insurance industry in the wake of the disaster. Assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
“Doctors also suffer because of big corporations,” Hostin told her colleagues, “doctors who want to do good, like my husband.” “(He) performs surgery on someone even though they don't have insurance, and then has to sue the health insurance companies to get paid for the work he trained his whole life to do.”
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Sunny Hostin, co-host of The View, said on air recently that her husband “operates on someone even though they don't have insurance, and then they have to sue the health insurance companies to get paid for the work.” (ABC/The View)
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Hostin and her husband have been married since 1998 and have two children.
