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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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