Dr. David Trinkle was appointed Associate Dean of Community & Culture at The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute.
Carilion claims it "mistakenly" ensnared the poor after years of suing indigent patients for unpaid medical bills by seeking judgements against people who clearly were unable to pay the outrageous charges from the region's largest health care provider. Carilion accounted for over 51% of all cases in Roanoke Civil Court.
Local judges didn't seem to notice. Patients who qualified for charitable care didn't get it, but instead were taken to court. As a "non" - profit Carilion is supposed to provide care to 1.5 Million people in Western Virginia regardless of their ability to pay for it. Two days of every week were set aside by The Roanoke City Court System to be devoted to the Carilion case load.
The Government filed suit against Carilion
Commission Orders Restoration of Competition Eliminated by Carilion Clinic's Acquisition of Two Outpatient Centers.
Carilion Clinic Inc. sold The Outpatient Centers it bought last year for $20 million following the lawsuit by the Federal Trade Commission.
Measures to rein in eminent-domain abuse thus far have proved to be ineffective.
Roanoke City Council wants to move existing property owners out of the redevelopment area so Carilion can move in.
"The city adopted a plan that is fraught with errors".
Circuit Court Judge William Broadhurst ruled condemnation of land by the Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority does not violate
Virginia's Eminent Domain Law.
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