That would have eliminated millions of dollars in supplemental Medicaid funding each year.
But Gateway kept its status under Illinois Senate Bill 1530, which was signed into law April 2 by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. It amended the Illinois Public Aid Code with a clause that didn t mention Gateway by name, but effectively added it to a list of hospitals allowed to continue in the state s safety-net program, despite not meeting some requirements.
Gateway CEO Bob Moore described the legislation as something of a lifesaver. If we got out of the safety-net program, this hospital would not be viable, he said Tuesday. We get about $8 million a year in funding from it.
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EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. Magistrate Judge Gilbert Sison on Feb. 18 dismissed physician Melvin Merritt from a suit over delivery of a baby, ruling that plaintiff Heather Turner must sue the United States instead.
Sison found Merritt acted as an employee of Southern Illinois Health Care Foundation, a public health service that qualifies for protection from malpractice suits.
“When a public health service’s employee or officer’s performance of medical functions causes damages, including personal injury or death, the only available remedy is a Federal Tort Claims Act lawsuit against the United States,” he wrote.
He denied a motion to remand the suit to Madison County circuit court, where Morgan Scroggins of Granite City filed it for Turner last year.