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Company: Cape Fear Medical Center
Penalty: $40,000
Year: 2017
Date: January 10, 2017
Offense Group: healthcare-related offenses
Primary Offense: HHS civil monetary penalties
Violation Description: On January 10, 2017, Cape Fear Medical Center (Cape Fear) in Fayetteville, North Carolina, entered into a $40,000 settlement agreement with OIG. The settlement agreement resolved allegations that Cape Fear violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act when it failed to provide an adequate medical screening examination and stabilizing treatment for a woman who presented to Cape Fear's Emergency Department in labor with her third child.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Health & Human Services Department Office of Inspector General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: North Carolina
Facility City: Fayetteville
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