HRC owners’ wives’ assets frozen

The assets of the wives of the former owners of a Memphis medical clinic have been frozen, following allegations by the Tennessee Attorney General’s office that the company violated the Consumer Protection Act by making false and unsubstantiated claims about its bio-identical hormone replacement therapy.

Davidson County Circuit Court Judge Amanda McClendon granted a request to freeze personal assets of Dixie Hale and Bonnie Hale and to place them under the control of a third-party receiver.

The women are the wives of former HRC Medical Centers owners Don Hale and Dan Hale, whose assets were also frozen and placed in receivership in May. The Memphis clinic at 1790 Kirby Parkway was shut down after state officials filed a lawsuit against the company last October.

“We are pleased with the court’s rulings,” Atty. Gen. Bob Cooper said in a statement. “We urge consumers to consult with their primary health care providers first if they are taking, have taken, or are considering hormone treatment therapies of this kind.”

Previously, settlements were reached with Midwest Restorative Health, BioLifeCycle Medical Centers and Michael Montemurro doing business as MadMac Consulting with the settling parties agreeing to never offer hormone replacement therapy in Tennessee and to pay more than $245,000 into the receivership estate.

Midwest Restorative had been operating HRC Medical’s former Memphis clinic since last fall , and BioLifeCycle took over HRC Medical’s clinics in December.