Philadelphia-based Temple University Hospital will not receive the $1.63 million it sought for treating a patient injured in a May 2015 Amtrak crash in Philadelphia that left eight dead and 43 injured, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
The hospital, which administered care for 14 passengers injured in the derailment, initially filed a lawsuit against Amtrak in May 2016, claiming the two Amtrak-hired companies — Russell Reimbursement Advisors and MCMC — paid $2.75 million for services provided to 13 of the passengers but denied payment for a 14th patient, philly.com reports.
The remaining passenger was covered by Medicare, which would have reimbursed Temple $269,469 for the patient's care, according to the report. However, U.S. District Court Judge Legrome Davis said in a memorandum Temple did not render the Medicare claim within the appropriate timelines designated for reimbursement.
Judge Davis concluded Temple "had three opportunities and ample time to plead a plausible case against Amtrak, RRA and MCMC, but [did] not [do] so," the opinion states, according to philly.com.
In a statement to the publication, Temple said it "is entitled to receive the full amount of payment that the parties agreed to in writing for the lifesaving services" and it is "evaluating next steps."