Mr. Rice publicly resigned in 2008 after HRMC lost its Medicare and Medicaid status, causing a loss of $10 million in addition to many patient customers, private insurers and employees.
Mr. Rice filed a lawsuit in 2010 claiming he was fired without cause and cheated out of promised payment. He alleges the hospital board verbally agreed to pay his salary of $199,000 and benefits through 2009 if he would say he resigned.
The hospital had filed a countersuit claiming they did not fire Mr. Rice but would have had sufficient cause to do so. According to the report, the hospital settled to end the long-lasting conflict and to avoid continuing to pay attorneys.
Mr. Rice had served as CEO for 15 years.
Read the Smoky Mountain News report on David Rice.
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