In the fall of 2017 and spring of 2018, SWMC Inc. made likely illegal "kickback" payments as part of its ill-fated drug testing program with Aaron Durall and Reliance Labs. Certain Palm Drive District officials knew of the payments but never reported them to relevant authorities or informed the District Board or the hospital’s Governing Body of their magnitude and probable illegality.
You can read more here in a commentary I wrote that appears in this week's Sonoma West Times & News.
You can download emails that document these assertions in MSG format here or in PST format here.
You can also read a narrative summary about the program and the emails here.
Jim Horn
Director, Palm Drive Health Care District