Schneider Regional Sued Over Unpaid Medical Staffing Bills as Hospital Debt Cases Mount

ST. THOMAS — Another lawsuit alleging unpaid bills has been filed against the territory's public healthcare system, this time by a medical staffing company accusing Schneider Regional Medical Center of withholding payments for healthcare professionals, travel and lodging expenses under a contract signed last year. The civil complaint, filed Wednesday in the Superior Court's St. Thomas-St. John Division, comes as the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center faces a separate $6.36 million federal default judgment over unpaid medical equipment lease obligations. It also follows a September lawsuit in which another staffing company accused Schneider Regional of failing to pay outstanding invoices dating back several years. The latest plaintiff, Delaware-incorporated Send-It Healthcare, Inc., operates an online platform through which hospitals and other healthcare facilities can identify and recruit medical professionals for temporary assignments, known as locum tenens services. ...