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SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND MOUNTAIN STATES HEALTH ALLIANCE UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT USAO No. 2016V0047 DJ No. 202-70-128 BACKGROUNDSettlement Agreement • May 5th, 2020
The parties to this Settlement Agreement are the United States of America and Mountain States Health Alliance (“MSHA”). MSHA is a corporation that owns, controls, and/or operates numerous healthcare facilities in Tennessee and Virginia. Johnson City Medical Center (“JCMC”) is one of the numerous facilities that MSHA owns and operates. This matter was initiated by a complaint filed against MSHA alleging violations of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12181-12189, and its implementing regulation, 28 C.F.R. Part 36. Specifically, Christopher and Donna Cantrell (“the Cantrells”), individuals who are deaf, alleged that JCMC personnel failed to provide effective communication with them during the times that their adult daughter, Sydnei Cantrell, was being treated at JCMC for high-grade Burkitt’s lymphoma, namely from December 10, 2014 to December 30, 2014, from January 1, 2015 to January 20, 2015, from February 4, 2015 to February 9, 2
