Former MLK Hospital Discharge Planner Alleges Patient Steering Practices

Former MLK Hospital Discharge Planner Alleges Patient Steering Practices

A former discharge planner is suing Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital for retaliation and wrongful termination, alleging she was terminated for coming forward about alleged patient steering practices to the facility’s preferred vendors. Kimberlee Saffore’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages as well as statutory penalties and damages. “We […]

MLK Hospital Sued Over Alleged Patient Steering, Retaliation

A former discharge planner at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital says she was suspended, investigated, and ultimately fired after she raised repeated internal alarms that Medicare patients were being funneled toward a single preferred home health vendor instead of being allowed to choose their own provider. Kimberlee Saffore, who was hired as a discharge planner in January 2025, filed suit against the Willowbrook hospital on Thursday, all…