While the $1.2 million settlement CCFMG will pay does not fully address the disruption caused by the unprecedented neurosurgeon walkout, it does reinforce that business disputes should never impact patient care and the health of our community, Craig Wagoner, chief operating officer of CHS, said in the release.
Trauma services were interrupted at the downtown hospital in September 2020 when the Central California Faculty Medical Group, a physicians group contracted by CHS, announced that a contract for six neurosurgeons expired, leading to a discontinuation of critical trauma services for several days.
The doctor walkout forced the hospital to transfer at least 21 patients out of Fresno during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Creek Fire, putting the trauma center at Community Regional Medical Center at risk.
The suit filed by CHS alleged breach of contract, breach of good faith and fair dealing, and intentional contract interference, being one of four separate lawsuits involving multiple physicians groups in fall 2021.
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