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Company: Park Ridge Health
Penalty: $20,000
Year: 2016
Date: October 19, 2016
Offense Group: healthcare-related offenses
Primary Offense: HHS civil monetary penalties
Violation Description: On October 19, 2016, Park Ridge Health (Park Ridge), a small hospital in Hendersonville, North Carolina, entered into a $20,000 settlement agreement with OIG. The settlement agreement resolved allegations that Park Ridge violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act when it inappropriately transferred a patient, who was pregnant and experiencing contractions, to another hospital without properly stabilizing her emergency medical condition.
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: Hendersonville
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