PARKERSBURG — WVU Medicine is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit by Memorial Health System alleging at least some of the leadership in the university health system and Camden Clark Medical Center supported efforts to file false claims against its across-the-border competitor.
The resulting investigation cost both Memorial and the community, according to a release provided by the Ohio health care system.
“We want the people who live in this valley to know what’s been going on all these years,” Memorial CEO Scott Cantley said. “We feel the people who brought this on ought to be held accountable for their incredibly poor business ethics and behavior.”
Memorial recently filed an amended complaint, adding an allegation of negligent supervision to the suit. Both sides agreed to extend the deadline for the defendants to respond to the updated complaint to Aug. 21.
Earlier this year, Memorial settled a lawsuit against former Camden Clark CEO Mike King, former hospital legal counsel Todd A. Kruger and Dr. Michael Roberts with Parkersburg Surgical Associates. That complaint alleged the three collaborated to make false accusations that Memorial was violating federal law by over-compensating physicians and other health care providers to get them to refer patients to the health system. The original action was dismissed by the government, without prejudice.
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