Former Polk Medical administrator sues Floyd Healthcare
From the article:
The former administrator of Polk Medical Center has sued Floyd Healthcare Management and its top brass, arguing she was illegally fired because of her gender and replaced with a less-qualified man.
Kimberly Scoggins, the former administrator of Polk Medical Center, argues in her lawsuit that her employer broke the law when it accessed her pharmacy records, wrongly accused her of a prescription pill addiction and then violated the Family and Medical Leave and the Americans with Disabilities acts in March when it terminated her employment.
“In the board room on March 13, 2014, Plaintiff was confronted by both Dr. Biuso and Mr. Stuenkel in a harsh and intimidating manner, and in a tone she had never experienced before in the workplace,” the suit states. “Dr. Biuso and Mr. Stuenkel immediately accused Plaintiff of being addicted to Ambien and told her that she must be admitted to Ridgeview Hospital in Smyrna, Georgia, immediately if she wanted to keep her job.”
Biuso had a folder of Scoggins’ pharmacy record that Hardwell illegally obtained. Biuso then asked Scoggins about prescriptions and different doctors who’d prescribed them.
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This is outrageous. I hope she wins and gets a hefty settlement!! What a massive violation of her privacy.
Wow…that just screams major violations against the medical facility and the administrators…..they should all lose their healthcare administrator licenses and be barred from Medicare/Medicaid providers, but we also know they wont see a jail cell. Makes you wonder now how many prospective or current employers run PDMP reports and/or look at their prescription files if they fill at the pharmacy they work at to see what they are taking. Too bad it cant be like a credit report, where you can check to see if one has been run one you and by whom
hhmmm. I would like to know how this turns out in the end! It can’t be over yet!