A Newark, N.J., man has been charged with refusing to forward an insurance payment to Northwood Surgery Center in Lower Nazareth Township, N.J., according to a Lehigh Valley Live report.
According to the report, the man received a $13,062 check from Highmark Blue Shield following his wife'’s treatment at the center. The entire medical bill amounted to $31,080.
According to the report, the staff at Northwood Surgery Center asked the man to forward the money to the surgery center, but he did not. The man was arraigned Thursday on a charge of failure to make required disposition of funds.
Read the Lehigh Valley Live report on Northwood Surgery Center.
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