Duke University Health System d/b/a Duke University Hospital (Duke), North Carolina, agreed to pay $180,000 to resolve its liability for Civil Monetary Penalties under the patient dumping statute. The OIG alleged that Duke failed to accept five appropriate transfers of individuals with unstable psychiatric emergency medical conditions.
The above summary is taken from the OIG official website. In each CMP case resolved through a settlement agreement, the settling party has contested the OIG’s allegations and denied any liability. No CMP judgment or finding of liability has been made against the settling party.