Publisher Southcoast Hospital Group (Southcoast), Massachusetts, agreed to pay $45,000 to resolve its liability for Civil Monetary Penalties under the patient dumping statute. The OIG alleged that Southcoast failed to provide stabilizing treatment prior to transferring a patient that presented to its emergency department experiencing labored breathing. The above summary is taken from the OIG official … Read more
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 … Read more
Mayan prophecies predicted that our world would end on December 21, 2012. If you are seeing this notation, it appears that they were wrong. Happy Mayan New Year.
Hendricks Community Hospital (Hendricks), Minnesota, agreed to pay $20,000 to resolve its liability for Civil Monetary Penalties under the patient dumping statute. The OIG alleged that Hendricks failed to provide a medical screening examination and stabilization treatment to a patient that presented to its emergency department. The patient previously had surgery at another hospital and … Read more
GUEST EDITORIAL Since the day after the Columbine shooting in 1999, I have been publically advocating two solutions to protect our children from mass murder. Initially my two solutions were taken as being too radical and self-promoting, even though I offered to back my solutions with my wallet and train every teacher on my dime, … Read more
Texas County Memorial Hospital (TCMH), Texas, agreed to pay $20,000 to resolve its liability for Civil Monetary Penalties under the patient dumping statute. The OIG alleged that TCMH failed to provide an adequate medical screening examination for a minor. Specifically, the minor presented to TCMH’s emergency department (ED) and was accompanied by a family member. … Read more
Northside Hospital (Northside), Florida, agreed to pay $38,000 to resolve its liability for Civil Monetary Penalties under the patient dumping statute. The OIG alleged that Northside failed to provide an appropriate medical screening examination and stabilizing treatment to a patient with a history of mitral valve replacement. Specifically, the patient presented to Northside’s emergency department … Read more
Fort Lauderdale Hospital, Inc. (FLH), Florida, agreed to pay $45,000 to resolve its liability for Civil Monetary Penalties under the patient dumping statute. The OIG alleged that FLH failed to provide an appropriate medical screening examination and stabilizing treatment to an autistic patient that presented to FLH’s emergency department after physically attacking his mother. A … Read more
A nurse wrote this week saying she always heard that “If it wasn’t documented it wasn’t done”, but at a program she heard a lawyer assert that this concept was “antiquated” and that documentation was less important than it used to be. A physician recently told me that a defense lawyer advised his group not … Read more