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Carolinas Medical Center Agreed to Pay $50,000 for Allegedly Violating the Patient Dumping Statute by Failing to Provide an Appropriate Medical Screening Examination or Stabilizing Treatment

Carolinas Medical Center (Carolinas), North Carolina, agreed to pay $50,000 to resolve its liability for Civil Monetary Penalties under the patient dumping statute. OIG alleged that Carolinas failed to provide an appropriate medical screening examination or stabilizing treatment to a patient that needed psychiatric treatment.

Action Details

  • Date:December 3, 2013
  • Enforcement Types:
    • CMP and Affirmative Exclusions