Humble Surgical Hospital filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday morning, three weeks after U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes entered a multi-million judgment against the specialty, five-bed hospital, the Houston Chronicle reported on Saturday. Earlier this month, Aetna Life Insurance Co. was awarded $51.4 million, including nearly $10 million in interest, to recover excessive health care fees the insurer said it paid to the hospital during the past seven years. Humble Surgical estimated its assets between $10 million and $50 million and liabilities between $50 million and $100 million. Read more.
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