St. Luke’s Hospital Agreed to Pay $25,000 for Allegedly Violating the Patient Dumping Statute by Failing to Provide an Appropriate Medical Screening Examination

St. Luke's Hospital (St. Luke's), Iowa, agreed to pay $25,000 to resolve its liability for Civil Monetary Penalties under the patient dumping statute. The OIG alleged that St. Luke's violated the requirements of the patient dumping statute when it failed to provide an appropriate medical screening examination by transferring the patient to another facility based in part upon his status as an IowaCare patient.

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