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Company: Okaloosa Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Twin Cities Hospital
Penalty: $20,000
Year: 2016
Date: November 30, 2016
Offense Group: healthcare-related offenses
Primary Offense: HHS civil monetary penalties
Violation Description: On November 30, 2016, Okaloosa Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Twin Cities Hospital (Twin Cities), a small hospital in Niceville, Florida, entered into a $20,000 settlement agreement with OIG. The settlement agreement resolved allegations that Twin Cities violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act when it failed to provide an appropriate medical screening examination and stabilizing treatment of a 56-year-old male patient who was experiencing difficulty breathing and was unstable.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Health & Human Services Department Office of Inspector General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Florida
Facility City: Niceville
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