Alabama Patient Dumping Lawsuit Settled

October 18, 2016

It has been reported that an Alabama patient dumping lawsuit that had been filed in 2013 was settled for an undisclosed sum with the patient’s family on October 6, 2016. The patient died from hypothermia and other complications about a week after he was dumped on a public street by the defenda[...]

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Patient Dumping Settlements In 2011

March 10, 2012

The Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“OIG”) has reported the following settlements  involving patient dumping cases in 2011 that resulted in the payment of a civil monetary penalty (the settling parties denied the patient dumping allega[...]

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Patient Dumping (The EMTALA Anti-Patient Dumping Statute)

March 8, 2012

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (“EMTALA”) was enacted by the U.S. Congress to prevent hospitals from “dumping” patients in need of emergency care. The EMTALA was passed in 1986 in response to reports that hospitals were engaging in “patient du[...]

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