Pennsylvania diocese loses appeal, to pay health provider $264,000

by Tom Gallagher on Dec. 28, 2011

Back in October, I blogged that the Allentown, Pa., diocese lost its appeal in paying a health care provider for services provided to one of its priests, Fr. James Mulligan, who slipped, fell and injured himself.

The diocese lost its appeal for re-argument and will be required to pay about $264,000 to the Lehigh Valley Health Network:

In a slip-and-fall case involving a 72-year-old diocesan priest, Fr. James Mulligan, the Allentown, Pa., diocese, which self-insures for workers' compensation, claimed it was not responsible for 100 percent of the bills charged by the Lehigh Valley Health Network for acute care provided to Fr. James Mulligan for immediately life-threatening or urgent injuries at the Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest.

The total cost of in-patient care was $406,338.79. The diocese paid only $142,196, short-changing Lehigh Valley Health Network more than $260,000.

meanwhile, how is Father

Submitted by charles j scanlon (not verified) on Dec. 28, 2011.

meanwhile, how is Father Jim?
and why is he still active?
no new vocations to fill his shoes?

The vocations are there, they

Submitted by Who Repealed Vatican II? (not verified) on Dec. 29, 2011.

The vocations are there, they are simply being turned away based uypon marital status and gender!

and politics. and

Submitted by charles scanlon (not verified) on Dec. 29, 2011.

and politics. and economics.
Anyone voting democratically and/or seeking to serve the poor need not apply

This whole episode is

Submitted by John Barbieri (not verified) on Dec. 30, 2011.

This whole episode is disgraceful.
Looks like the Allentown Diocese tried to "pull a fast one" to get out of its financial obligations.
I'm sure that if the bishop was injured, no expense would be spared.

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