In 1999, shortly after the lawsuit was filed, the hospital agreed to waive the bill. The hospital also agreed to other changes, which were made last year. The statements describe care that will be provided regardless of the patient's ability to pay. We have worked at our quality. We accepted this as a deficiency and something wrong and we moved quickly to correct it.
Hospitals are imperfect institutions.
We have to constantly strive to improve ourselves. But the Perez case and Mission Community Hospital, she said, are evidence that awareness of the law is growing. You will not be charged to look for stories, only to retrieve one.