Loyola University Medical Center Facing Lawsuit over Organ Transplants, Documents Show

Loyola University Medical Center facing lawsuit over organ transplants, documents show

A former Loyola official says the hospital in Maywood performed risky operations to increase revenue. A lawsuit claims patients were not properly screened and many died soon after getting transplants.

Lawsuit accuses Loyola University Medical Center of doing risky organ transplants to boost revenue

Loyola University Medical Center knowingly performed organ transplants on unsuitable patients to boost Medicare billing, leading to harm and death, according to a former hospital official whose recently unsealed federal lawsuit alleges a larger scheme “to extract federal and state funds from a system meant to support organ donation and save lives.” Patrek Chase, former executive director for Loyola’s Solid Organ Transplant Programs and Outpatien…