The settlement marks what may be the end of an unsettling period in the system's history.
Pauline Grant stepped into the CEO role at Broward Health, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, following the suicide death of her predecessor, Nabil El Sanadi, MD, in 2016. By the end of that year, however, the board turned on Grant and fired her abruptly, based on allegations that she participated in a kickback scheme.
Now the health system's board has agreed to pay $975,000 to Grant to settle a lawsuit she filed shortly after her firing, as the South Florida Sun Sentinel's Cindy Krischner Goodman reported. The settlement marks what may be the end of an unsettling period in the system's history, which has included a high rate of leadership turnover and criminal charges that have since been dropped.
The allegations against Grant stemmed from an investigation steered by general counsel Lynn Barrett, who had clashed with Grant, as the Sun Sentinel reported. Barrett was fired last fall after being accused of creating a toxic work environment.
Steven Porter is an associate content manager and Strategy editor for HealthLeaders, a Simplify Compliance brand.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
The health system has been plagued by a high rate of leadership turnover and complaints of a toxic work culture.
The criminal charges that had been filed against board members for the former CEO's firing have been dropped.