AdventHealth controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
Halifax Health sues AdventHealth over uncompensated care
Lawsuit filed
Halifax Health filed a lawsuit accusing AdventHealth's Daytona Beach hospital of failing to provide the uncompensated care allegedly required under an agreement between the hospitals. Halifax sought damages and asked the court to require AdventHealth to fulfill the agreement; the allegations are disputed.
Source excerpt
Halifax Health Medical Center has filed a lawsuit accusing AdventHealth’s Hospital in Daytona Beach of failing to provide up to $71.9 million worth of uncompensated care in the past 10 years as required by an agreement between the two hospitals.
No hearing date has been set yet for the lawsuit which was filed by Halifax Health in December in Volusia County Circuit Court
2020
COVID-19 testing delays and mishandling
AdventHealth Central Florida ended its relationship with MicroGen DX after delayed delivery and mishandling of approximately 60,000 tests. The episode prompted an investigation by the Food and Drug Administration.
2020
FDA investigates MicroGen DX laboratory
Investigation
Federal regulators were investigating MicroGen DX, a Texas laboratory, after AdventHealth ended its Florida contract over concerns about delayed and unreliable COVID-19 test results. The article reports that the FDA was reviewing data and interviewing experts; it does not report a final determination.
Source excerpt
Federal regulators are investigating a Texas laboratory that a Florida hospital chain dropped last week because of delayed and unreliable COVID-19 test results.
FDA investigators are reviewing data and interviewing experts, according to emails reviewed by USA TODAY.
May 21, 2020Updated Sept. 2, 2020, 2:41 p.m. ET
2015
Stark Law and False Claims Act settlement
Adventist Health System settled multiple lawsuits alleging violations of physician-referral rules under the Stark Law and the False Claims Act. The reported $118.7 million resolution was described as the largest hospital-network Stark Law settlement at that time.