WA company has to pay $410K for withheld hospital charity care

By: Jake Goldstein-Street

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: September 30, 2026

Words: 843

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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A company providing medical care at the Overlake Medical Center emergency room will refund more than $400,000 to low-income patients under an agreement with Washington’s attorney general.

Between 2020 and 2026, Puget Sound Physicians failed to refund nearly $347,000 to more than 1,400 patients at Overlake in Bellevue who qualified for charity care. The company has contracted with Overlake to provide physician services at its emergency room.

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