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Mercy Hospital of Franciscan Sisters Agreed to Pay $20,000 for Allegedly Violating the Patient Dumping Statute by Failing to Provide an Adequate Medical Screening Examination, Stabilizing Treatment, or an Appropriate Transfer

Mercy Hospital of Franciscan Sisters (Mercy), Iowa, agreed to pay $20,000 to resolve its liability for Civil Monetary Penalties under the patient dumping statute. The OIG alleged that Mercy violated the requirements of the patient dumping statute when it failed to provide an adequate medical screening examination, stabilizing treatment, or an appropriate transfer for a patient who presented to Mercy's emergency department after ingesting window de-icer, a product containing the toxin methanol.

Action Details

  • Date:July 1, 2013
  • Enforcement Types:
    • CMP and Affirmative Exclusions,
    • EMTALA/Patient Dumping