(KNZA)--A Republican Senator has issued “a stern warning” to Mosaic Life Care of Saint Joseph.
The letter from Iowa's Charles Grassley follows a recent NPR report claiming that the former Heartland Regional Medical Center has seized the wages of thousands of lower income workers unable to pay their medical bills.
The hospital is non-profit, and ProPublica reports that Grassley says the hospital may have broken the law, as it “may not be meeting the requirements to be a nonprofit tax exempt hospital.” His letter to Mosaic's CEO also included questions including the hospital's treatment of lower-income patients, its debt collection practices and how it administers financial assistance.
Following the NPR report, officials from the hospital announced a review of its debt collection practices in order to “do the right thing.”
ProPublica reports that while tax-exempt hospitals are supposed to provide health care to those who can't afford it, the specific requirements are vague.
© Many Signals Communications
MOST VIEWED STORIES
Atchison apt fire claim's toddler's life, injures others
Four arrested for illegal activity on Kickapoo Reservation
Two search warrants, two Horton homes, two arrests
Whiting woman pleads to theft of fire dept. funds
One injured in Nemaha Co wreck
Wetmore man arrested on child sex-related charge
Flags across KS to fly half-staff Sunday
Walnut Township Treasurer removed; votes unofficial until canvass
Two men arrested in Jackson Co for distribute of meth
TX man to stand trial on charges in fatal Jackson Co crash
Local judge files for re-election
Atchison in running for national fireworks honors
Bridge work begins Wed in Doniphan Co
Latest Brown, Doniphan Co filings
Planned outage for Brown-Atchison Electric Tuesday
Motorcyclist injured in Holt Co MO crash
Commission takes action related to bridge project
LATEST STORIES
Chiefs' Butker named Keynote Speaker for BC Commencement
Two stop legislative coffee talks set for Saturday
BC's Pate remembered by students, college family
Falls City Council approves permit for goats in city limits
Grant awarded to Falls City Library and Arts Center
Nebraska City man to serve on Peru State College Foundation Board
Fairfax man injured in tractor accident in Atchison County MO
Doniphan Co Commission approves zoning change