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LA man admits to paying homeless to be hospitalized

September 2, 2008 — 12:37pm ET | By Anne Zieger
A Los Angeles man tied to the scandal over hospitals allegedly paying homeless people to be admitted has copped to his part in the scheme. Estill Mitts has entered a plea agreement with federal... Read more...

CA hospital agrees to $1M patient dumping settlement

June 2, 2008 — 6:59am ET
One of several Los Angeles hospitals caught up in a patient-dumping scandal has agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges that it dumped a paraplegic man on the city's Skid Row in a hospital gown... Read more...

Patient dumping issues need systematic look

May 16, 2008 — 6:59am ET
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...

LA approves fines for patient dumping

May 15, 2008 — 6:59am ET
It looks like Los Angeles is going to approve fines for hospitals that engage in what it defines as patient dumping. The city council has given preliminary approval to a measure under which hospitals... Read more...

Los Angeles investigates another patient dumping case

May 7, 2008 — 6:59am ET
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...