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NYACK HOSPITAL ILLEGALLY BILLED RAPE SURVIVORS FOR FORENSIC EXAMS
Unbelievable, Shame on you, Emotional and Physical Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Hospital
December 4, 2018
Patch.com
NYACK, NY — Seven New York Hospitals, including Montefiore Nyack Hospital, have settled with the state Attorney General’s Office after an investigation into unlawful bills to rape survivors for forensic rape examinations.
Under the terms of the agreements, the hospitals will implement written policies to ensure that sexual assault survivors do not receive bills for their rape examinations, provide full restitution to any improperly billed sexual assault survivors, and pay costs.
“Survivors of sexual assault have already gone