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Will Obama’s Health Care Plan Include Hospitals Prohibiting Patient Dumping?
FROM the OFFICE of THE INSPECTOR GENERAL:
HERE is the WEBSITE ADDRESS SO YOU CAN SEE ITS LEGITIMATE:
http://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/enforcement/administrative/cmp/cmpitemspd.html#5
May 08, 2006
The University of Chicago Hospitals (UCH), Illinois, agreed to pay $35,000 to resolve its liability for CMPs under the patient dumping statute. The OIG alleged that the hospital failed to accept an appropriate transfer of a 61-year-old male who presented to another emergency department with a complaint of flank pain. UCH had specialized capabilities not available at the transferring hospital and allegedly refused to accept transfer after learning that the patient did not have insurance. UCH then later agreed to accept transfer of the patient only if he provided proof of funds in a bank account. The patient was transferred to another hospital where he died.
















































