Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, Calif., plans to file a lawsuit against Sacramento-based Sutter Health later today accusing the health system of siphoning $120 million from the medical center's accounts during the past four years, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.
The lawsuit to be filed with Marin County Superior Court accuses Sutter Health and three of Marin's former board members of transferring more than $30 million per year from Marin General to Sutter after the end of their agreement was announced in 2006. Marin General officials claim that, in the five previous years, Sutter made cash transfers of less than $3 million a year. Sutter Health had operated the hospital for 15 years until the arrangement ended two months ago. At that time, management of the facility was transferred back to the local district board.
The new managers at Marin General argue that the money is rightfully theirs and that it is needed to run the hospital's operations, recruit new physicians, and rebuild the hospital in accordance with seismic safety laws.
Sutter Health officials claim not to have seen the lawsuit yet, but find the situation "regrettable" and have vowed to "vigorously" defend the health system, according to the report.
Read the San Francisco Chronicle report on Marin General Hospital.
The lawsuit to be filed with Marin County Superior Court accuses Sutter Health and three of Marin's former board members of transferring more than $30 million per year from Marin General to Sutter after the end of their agreement was announced in 2006. Marin General officials claim that, in the five previous years, Sutter made cash transfers of less than $3 million a year. Sutter Health had operated the hospital for 15 years until the arrangement ended two months ago. At that time, management of the facility was transferred back to the local district board.
The new managers at Marin General argue that the money is rightfully theirs and that it is needed to run the hospital's operations, recruit new physicians, and rebuild the hospital in accordance with seismic safety laws.
Sutter Health officials claim not to have seen the lawsuit yet, but find the situation "regrettable" and have vowed to "vigorously" defend the health system, according to the report.
Read the San Francisco Chronicle report on Marin General Hospital.