Cliniques d’Ophtalmologie Bellevue Cataract Surgery Quebec Class Action

Cliniques d’Ophtalmologie Bellevue Cataract Surgery Quebec Class Action

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QC Oct 04, 2024 [en]

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CONSUMER LAW GROUP has launched a class action lawsuit against Cliniques d’Ophtalmologie Bellevue for requiring and charging patients to undergo uninsured and medically unjustified pre-operative diagnostic tests to determine candidacy for Johnson & Johnson Eyhance non-toric intraocular contact lenses, ultrasonic biometric tests and femtosecond laser refractive relaxing incisions as part of cataract surgery.

The class action alleges that Cliniques d’Ophtalmologie Bellevue knowingly, recklessly, or negligently requires patients to pay for ultrasonic biometric tests despite knowing that superior and more effective alternatives are insured under the Quebec Health Insurance Plan (RAMQ) and are available free of charge to clients, and that pre-operative diagnostic tests to determine candidacy for Eyhance non-toric contact lenses and femtosecond laser refractive relaxing incisions are unnecessary and should not be administered or charged to patients.

The litigation was filed on behalf of the following class:

• All persons resident in Québec who underwent cataract surgery and paid the Defendants for uninsured:

- pre-operat