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NewsLA hospital accused of patient dumping
In yet another case of alleged patient dumping by a Los Angeles hospital, White Memorial Medical Center is facing a lawsuit for false imprisonment and hospital negligence, reported the Los Angeles Read more...
Hospital accused of patient dumping, educates ER staff
A Minnesota hospital has been accused of patient dumping, reports the St. Paul Pioneer Press. According to the state's Health Department, Unity Hospital could have broken a federal law when it denied Read more...
Rep questions U of Chicago's ED redirection initiative
Not long ago, the University of Chicago Medical Center began a program--the Urban Health Initiative--part of which includes efforts to move non-urgent patients out of its emergency department and Read more...
Don't like ED diversion? OK, what's your plan?
As you've seen in this publication, the University of Chicago Medical Center has taken a great deal of criticism for instituting a program screening emergency department patients. The American Read more...
Los Angeles issues new rule limiting discharges
After a long battle over the alleged dumping of homeless patients in the street, the city of Los Angeles has enacted a new ordinance making it a misdemeanor for hospitals to transport a patient to a Read more...
South FL emergency depts cited for denying care
Five hospitals based in South Florida's Palm Beach County were recently cited for denying treatment to 30 patients entering their emergency departments last year. While these incidents reflect Read more...
Patient dumping issues need systematic look
At this point, you've heard frequently about the problem Los Angeles faces with "patient dumping," which takes place when hospitals discharge indigent patients and more or less kick them to the Read more...
Los Angeles investigates another patient dumping case
Los Angeles city prosecutors have begun investigating another alleged patient dumping incident, this time a Costa Mesa hospital, which allegedly took a mentally ill man 42 miles to the city's Skid Read more...
Kaiser settles patient-dumping charges
Kaiser Permanente has agreed to settle a group of civil and criminal patient-dumping charges filed by the Los Angeles city attorney's office. Under the terms of the agreement, Kaiser will establish Read more...
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