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190HCA Hospitals Mapped
20U.S. States
47MPatient Encounters / Year
$75.6B2025 Revenue
3Sanctions Motions — Meet & Confer Active
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One-Page Case Summary

Federal litigation background, named defendants, causes of action, and core patient harm allegations in plain language.

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Hospital Directory Data

All 190 HCA facilities across 20 states with licensed bed counts and facility type. Sourced from HCA's SEC 10-K. Available as CSV.

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Plaintiff Background

Bio on Jade Riley Burch — founder, pro se federal litigant, retired technology executive with 25+ years in cybersecurity and data architecture.

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Court Filings

Second Amended Complaint, sanctions motions (ECF 78–80), forensic exhibit packages, and discovery orders. All public record via PACER.

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Logo & Brand Assets

MyHCALawsuit.com logo in PNG and SVG, site screenshots, and approved usage guidelines for editorial use.

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Incident Pattern Data

176 documented cases across 20 states: care failures, billing irregularities, and EMTALA violations across HCA facilities. Pattern database live with sourcing methodology.

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Know Your Rights Guide

Patient rights reference covering EMTALA, ADA, informed consent, HIPAA, Section 1557, and the No Surprises Act. Includes hospital tactics to watch for, Say This Out Loud scripts, and a printable checklist.

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Fast Facts

About the case & the platform

Platform
MyHCALawsuit.com — patient-led public advocacy and legal resource platform
Founded By
Jade Riley Burch, Las Vegas, NV — retired technology executive, 25+ years cybersecurity and data architecture, pro se federal litigant
Federal Case
Burch v. HCA Healthcare, et al. — Case No. 2:25-cv-01408-JAD-MDC, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada (Judge Dorsey)
Date Filed
August 2025
Defendants Named
23 defendants across 14 causes of action including EMTALA, ADA, Section 1557, Civil RICO, and state tort claims
Defense Counsel
Hall Prangle LLC (Michael Prangle, Zachary Thompson)
Network Scope
190 U.S. hospitals across 20 states plus United Kingdom operations; ~47 million patient encounters annually; ~2,500 ambulatory sites of care
2025 Revenue
$75.6 billion full-year 2025 revenue (7.1% growth year-over-year); 2026 guidance $76.5B–$80B — source: HCA Q4 2025 earnings release, January 27, 2026
Key Allegations
Emergency care denial, ADA violations, medical record manipulation, EHR audit log withholding, and coordinated billing irregularities
Sanctions Filed
3 motions filed (ECF 78, 79, 80); 2 additional motions built and ready to file targeting MountainView Hospital and Sunrise Hospital (second encounter)
Regulatory Actions
SEC whistleblower complaints filed; Nevada State Bar complaint filed against Hall Prangle attorneys
Platform Status
Legal resources, attorney connect, fraud reporting, hospital directory, patient rights guide, and pattern database (176 documented cases) live now. Community forum in active development.
Founder
Pink Viper Labs — Litigation Tech Developer — pinkviperlabs.com
Affiliation
Not affiliated with HCA Healthcare, Inc. Not a law firm. Does not provide legal advice.

Filed Sanctions Motions

Three motions. Three hospitals. One pattern.

All three motions are public record on PACER. Case No. 2:25-cv-01408-JAD-MDC, District of Nevada. Denied without prejudice April 7, 2026 on procedural grounds. Meet and confer initiated; HCA currently reviewing allegations. Refiling upon conclusion.

The Pattern

5 visits. 3 hospitals. 2 more motions coming. Every encounter produced the same result: records that changed after the fact. Three motions denied without prejudice on procedural grounds — meet and confer requirement. Meet and confer completed. Refiling in preparation.

Southern Hills Hospital (2023), Southern Hills Hospital (June 2025), and Sunrise Hospital (April 2025) are three separate facilities, three separate admissions, three separate medical record sets — and three separate forensic comparisons showing the same discrepancy between what the patient portal showed before litigation and what was produced in certified discovery. Two additional motions — MountainView Hospital and Sunrise Hospital (second encounter) — are built and ready to file. This is not a billing dispute. This is a documented pattern across HCA’s Las Vegas network.

ECF Filed Motion & Key Exhibits
ECF 78 March 7, 2026
Spoliation of Evidence & Fraud on the Court — Southern Hills Hospital (2023)
Four-way comparison of patient portal records vs. certified discovery production across three portal snapshots and the litigation version. Exhibits 22-1 through 22-C include native audit summary logs, retroactively added ICD-10 clinical and billing language, and a dynamic post-litigation portal version that differs from pre-litigation snapshots.
Response deadline: March 21, 2026  ·  Denied without prejudice April 7, 2026 — procedural (meet and confer). Substantive allegations unaddressed. Meet and confer initiated; HCA currently reviewing allegations. Refiling upon conclusion of meet and confer.
Spoliation Fraud on Court EHR Records
ECF 79 March 11, 2026
Sanctions & Motion to Compel Native EHR Audit Logs — Southern Hills Hospital (June 28–30, 2025)
12-exhibit package. Key evidence: native EHR audit log (Bates SHH-AT000011); 4,293 minutes of documented non-violent restraint; billing records totaling $42,870.32 (Bates SHH-B000001–18) with 21 observation hours irreconcilable with restraint logs; ICD-10 codes I27.82 (Chronic PE) and I82.4Y9 (DVT) applied for conditions not diagnosed until months after the encounter; March 9, 2026 lab order directly contradicting HCA's chronic PE designation. Declaration of Porscha Ryan (caretaker and MPOA) attesting to continuous presence, restraints, seizures, and discharge circumstances. Pre-litigation demand letter transmitted two days before admission establishing institutional notice of anticipated litigation; confirmed receipt by HCA captive insurer Health Care Indemnity, Inc.
Response deadline: March 25, 2026  ·  Denied without prejudice April 7, 2026 — procedural (meet and confer). Substantive allegations unaddressed. Meet and confer initiated; HCA currently reviewing allegations. Refiling upon conclusion of meet and confer.
EHR Withholding $42,870.32 Billing 4,293 Min. Restraint ICD-10 Retroactive Coding
ECF 80 March 16, 2026
Sanctions — Sunrise Hospital PE Encounter (April 17–22, 2025)
Side-by-side record comparison for Sunrise Hospital. Key evidence: medication administration record (Lovenox order April 22, 2025); discharge summary omitting respiratory findings; EHR footer audit log and edit-tracking language; problem list timeline showing pneumonia added after April 19 imaging; patient portal records (pre-litigation version); Summerlin records confirming PE diagnosis May 1, 2025. Seeking adverse inference, issue preclusion, compelled production of EHR audit logs and related metadata, and costs.
Response deadline: March 30, 2026  ·  Denied without prejudice April 7, 2026 — procedural (meet and confer). Substantive allegations unaddressed. Meet and confer initiated; HCA currently reviewing allegations. Refiling upon conclusion of meet and confer.
Adverse Inference Issue Preclusion PE Diagnosis Audit Log Compel

Story Angles

Beats this story touches

MyHCALawsuit.com sits at the intersection of several major national stories.

Healthcare Accountability

HCA Healthcare is the largest for-profit hospital operator in the U.S. This litigation documents what happens when profit motive intersects with emergency care obligations under EMTALA — and what patients are left with when the system fails.

Modern Healthcare · STAT News · Fierce Healthcare · Kaiser Health News
Medical Records Integrity

Three sanctions motions target alleged EHR record manipulation and audit log withholding across three separate Las Vegas facilities. Forensic four-way comparisons of portal records vs. certified discovery productions are filed as exhibits on the public docket.

The Markup · Wired · Health Affairs · Ars Technica
Patient Organizing at Scale

The platform is building multi-state patient coordination infrastructure: a Discourse community forum, a public incident pattern database, and attorney referral architecture designed to support class action development across HCA's 20-state network.

ProPublica · The Atlantic · NBC News Investigates

Case Timeline

Key milestones

August 2025
Federal complaint filed
Original complaint filed, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada against HCA Healthcare and related entities.
2025
Pro se e-filing privileges granted
Judge Dorsey granted plaintiff pro se electronic filing access — standard for represented parties, rare for pro se litigants in complex federal matters.
2025
Second Amended Complaint filed
SAC names 23 defendants across 14 causes of action: EMTALA, ADA, Section 1557, Civil RICO, and state tort claims.
March 7, 2026
ECF 78 — Sanctions: Southern Hills 2023 (Spoliation & Fraud on Court)
Four-way comparison exhibits document differences between portal records and certified discovery production. Response due March 21.
March 11, 2026
ECF 79 — Sanctions & Compel: Southern Hills June 2025
12-exhibit package: 4,293-minute restraint log, $42,870.32 billing irreconcilability, retroactive ICD-10 coding, Porscha Ryan declaration, pre-litigation demand letter establishing notice. Response due March 25.
March 16, 2026
ECF 80 — Sanctions: Sunrise Hospital PE Encounter
Side-by-side record comparison, omitted respiratory findings, retroactive problem list entries. Seeking adverse inference and issue preclusion. Response due March 30.
Active 🔥
Platform live — meet and confer active with HCA
ECF 78, 79, and 80 denied without prejudice April 7, 2026 on procedural grounds (meet and confer requirement). Substantive allegations unaddressed by court. Meet and confer initiated; HCA currently reviewing allegations. All three motions will be refiled upon conclusion. Two additional motions (MountainView Hospital and Sunrise Hospital second encounter) also in preparation.
Coming
Community forum opens — attorney referral network expands
Multi-state patient coordination infrastructure launches. Pattern database live with 176 documented cases. Know Your Rights patient guide published.

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About MyHCALawsuit.com: MyHCALawsuit.com is a patient-led public advocacy platform documenting experiences across HCA Healthcare's 190-hospital national network. The platform provides free legal resources, attorney referral tools, fraud reporting guidance, and a searchable hospital directory sourced from HC