According to federal data, settlements and judgments nationwide involving community health centers totaled $410 million from 2018 through 2021. But none of those health centers, and none of the doctors, paid anything. U.S. taxpayers picked up the tab.
Tyrus Hike helps his mother, Rhonda Jones, administer ibuprofen to Alayna Hike at their home in Crown Point, Ind. Alayna was injured during her birth and has cerebral palsy. She was recently hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV., Kaiser Health NewsChristina Late’s son has permanent brain damage, struggles to communicate, can’t walk, and will never live independently because a Pennsylvania doctor crushed part of his skull with forceps during delivery.
But none of those health centers, and none of the doctors, paid anything. U.S. taxpayers picked up the tab. “It doesn’t matter how bad the doctor’s care is,” said Regan Safier, a Philadelphia lawyer who won a $41.6 million court judgment in Late’s birth injury case in 2017. Yet the doctor still practices in Pennsylvania, she noted.From 2018 through 2021, the median payment for malpractice settlements or judgments involving health centers was $225,000, according to the data from the Health Resources and Services Administration, which oversees the community health centers.
The next morning, a new doctor took over. Thomas Orndorf, who worked for the federally funded Keystone Women’s Center, let her push only once, then made two unsuccessful attempts to deliver the baby using forceps — against hospital guidelines that call for such aided deliveries in emergencies or after the mother has been pushing for hours, according to court documents.
The award will ensure that Late and Armolt can afford the advanced medical care their son will need the rest of his life, but did little to legally hold the doctor or health system accountable, Safier said.Federally qualified health centers differ from other clinics because they receive federal grant funding annually. They also receive higher reimbursements from Medicaid and Medicare than do private doctors.
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