The owner of Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center in Inglewood, Calif., has agreed to pay $125,000 to settle allegations that it dumped a woman with chronic lung problems at a Los Angeles homeless shelter, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
The suit, filed by the Los Angeles city attorney, stems from a 2007 incident when the hospital discharged a woman with chronic lung problems at a temporary winter shelter without following required discharge procedures.
As part of the settlement, Centinela Freeman Holdings will pay $125,000 in penalties and charitable contributions to a homeless recovery network. The company no longer owns the Inglewood hospital, but does own other facilities where the anti-dumping rules will be enforced. The hospital corporation did not admit any wrongdoing.
Read the Los Angeles Times report on patient dumping.
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The suit, filed by the Los Angeles city attorney, stems from a 2007 incident when the hospital discharged a woman with chronic lung problems at a temporary winter shelter without following required discharge procedures.
As part of the settlement, Centinela Freeman Holdings will pay $125,000 in penalties and charitable contributions to a homeless recovery network. The company no longer owns the Inglewood hospital, but does own other facilities where the anti-dumping rules will be enforced. The hospital corporation did not admit any wrongdoing.
Read the Los Angeles Times report on patient dumping.
Read about other hospitals that have recently settled lawsuits:
- 6 Lawsuits Involving Hospital CEOs
- North Carolina's Haywood Regional Medical Center Pays Former CEO $150,000, Settles Lawsuit
- Texas' United Regional Health Reaches Settlement Over Monopoly, Anti-Competitive Allegations