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Mahaska Health Partnership Agreed to Pay $20,000 for Allegedly Violating the Patient Dumping Statute by Failing to Provide an Appropriate Medical Screening Examination, Stabilizing Treatment, or an Appropriate Transfer

Mahaska Health Partnership (Mahaska), Iowa, agreed to pay $20,000 to resolve its liability for Civil Monetary Penalties under the patient dumping statute. The OIG alleged that Mahaska failed to provide appropriate medical screening, stabilizing treatment, or an appropriate transfer for an individual who presented to Mahaska with a serious emergency medical condition.

Action Details

  • Date:July 24, 2013
  • Enforcement Types:
    • CMP and Affirmative Exclusions,
    • EMTALA/Patient Dumping