Former emergency room physicians at St. Margaret’s Health-Peru in Illinois have filed a lawsuit against the now-shuttered hospital, alleging it missed payments for their services.
The plaintiffs, Peru Emergency Physicians, filed the lawsuit in La Salle County Circuit Court June 20, alleging the hospital owes them $676,245.23. The group signed an agreement to provide emergency room staffing for the hospital in 2008, and say the hospital breached contract by “failing and refusing” to pay for their services, according to the complaint, Becker’s reports.
On Jan. 26, the hospital posted to Facebook that Peru Emergency Physicians had ended their relationship, leading it to halt acute care services. Read more.
