Overview
- The New York Times analysis published Tuesday found Marshall and his affiliated practices filed more than 700 debt-collection lawsuits against patients and that 81 of those cases led to arrests for missed court dates.
- Court records show the practices routinely sought wage and bank garnishments and enforced an 18 percent annual interest rate that drove small balances to much larger sums for some patients.
- Many of the people sued lived in poor, rural Barton County and included new mothers whose bills ranged from about $101 to several thousand dollars and in some cases grew because of interest and repeated court actions.
- Records indicate Marshall kept a financial stake in the hospital until selling it in March 2017 and that some hospital-filed suits and collection activity continued into 2021, raising questions about overlap with his early congressional service.
- Marshall’s spokeswoman said judges, not doctors, issue arrest warrants and defended his care record, his attorney said Marshall set the interest rate but did not handle individual litigation, and no criminal charges or formal government investigations were reported in the coverage.