Meredith's Misdemeanor: Unlawful Acts And Community Service

Meredith Grey, the protagonist of the long-running medical drama Grey's Anatomy, breaks the law when she commits insurance fraud to help a young girl with cancer who doesn't have insurance to cover her treatment. She uses her own daughter's name on the forms for the patient's surgery. This results in her being fired from Seattle Grace, sentenced to community service, and put in jeopardy of losing her medical license.

Meredith committed insurance fraud

Meredith Grey, a general surgeon at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, committed insurance fraud to save the life of Gabby Rivera. Gabby's father, Luis, was worried about the cost of his daughter's treatment as he didn't have insurance. Although the doctors told him he could apply for state insurance, he was rejected for making too much money. Wanting to save him from financial ruin, Meredith put her daughter, Ellis's, name on the chart so they could use Ellis's insurance to pay for Gabby's medical care.

They soon learned that Gabby had cancer. Richard was horrified to learn what she'd done and said that there was another way. If they could keep her in the hospital for 30 consecutive days, she could get insurance. However, Catherine and Bailey learned that there was an inconsistency with Gabby's insurance coverage and investigated it along with the company that insured their employees. Impulsively, Andrew confessed to putting Ellis's name down on Gabby's chart. He was quickly arrested. Wanting to get Andrew out of jail, Meredith confessed to the insurance fraud, but Alex and Richard stepped in behind her and also confessed, trying to save her. Bailey then fired all three of them.

Meredith hired Nancy Klein to represent her in court. Nancy assured her she'd be deeply repentant and would get a few hours of community service and that would be that. She believed it was highly unlikely that the medical board would take action against Meredith. Meredith appeared before a judge, who asked her if she regretted what she did. She said only to the extent she could knowing that Gabby was doing better. The judge sentenced her to community service picking up trash on the side of the road. After she started that, she got a letter from the medical board, saying they would be investigating her.

She used her daughter's name on the forms

Meredith Grey, the protagonist of the long-running medical drama Grey's Anatomy, is a brilliant surgeon with a turbulent personal life. In one of the episodes, she commits insurance fraud by using her daughter's name on the forms of a patient who did not have insurance to cover her treatment. This was a noble act, as Meredith wanted to help the young girl with cancer. However, this was a felony and she was fired from the hospital, sentenced to community service, and faced the possibility of losing her medical license.

Meredith's community service involved picking up trash on the side of the road. She did not take this job seriously and was always finding excuses to leave early. She even set up a free clinic at her worksite and FaceTimed into a surgery while she was supposed to be picking up trash. Her supervisor eventually reported her to the judge, who decided that she needed to serve her missed hours in jail.

Meredith's community service was not the only consequence of her actions. She also faced the possibility of losing her medical license, which would have been devastating for her as she is a talented surgeon and the show revolves around her work at the hospital. The show does not explicitly state which law Meredith broke, but insurance fraud is a serious offence and can result in jail time and hefty fines.

She did it to help a young girl with cancer

Meredith Grey, the protagonist of the long-running medical drama Grey's Anatomy, broke the law to help a young girl with cancer. Gabriella Rivera, a young girl with abdominal pain, was brought to the clinic by her father, Luis. Luis was worried about the cost as he didn't have insurance, but the doctors told him he could apply for state insurance. However, he was rejected for making too much money.

Meredith, wanting to save him from financial ruin, put her daughter, Ellis's, name on the chart, so they could use Ellis's insurance to pay for Gabby's medical care. They soon learned that Gabby had cancer.

Richard Webber, the Chief of Surgery at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, was horrified to learn what she'd done and said that there was another way. If they could keep her in the hospital for 30 consecutive days, she could get insurance. However, Catherine and Bailey learned that there was an inconsistency with Gabby's insurance coverage and investigated it along with the company that insured their employees.

Impulsively, Andrew DeLuca confessed to putting Ellis's name down on Gabby's chart. He was quickly arrested. Wanting to get Andrew out of jail, Meredith confessed to the insurance fraud, but Alex Karev and Richard Webber stepped in behind her and also confessed, trying to save her. Bailey then fired all three of them.

Meredith hired Nancy Klein to represent her in court. Nancy assured her she'd be deeply repentant and would get a few hours of community service and that would be that. She believed it was highly unlikely that the medical board would take action against Meredith. Meredith appeared before a judge, who asked her if she regretted what she did. She said only to the extent she could knowing that Gabby was doing better. The judge sentenced her to community service picking up trash on the side of the road.

While doing her community service, Meredith started examining the other workers and giving them medical advice. The supervisor, Robin Jones, told Meredith to get back to work and let the others get back to work, but Meredith pointed out a nodule she noticed in Robin's neck and offered to take a look at it. Robin was later diagnosed with cancer.

Meredith had to return to court after she walked out on work crew. Meredith missed her court date because Zola's shunt started to malfunction and she needed a shunt revision. At the end of the day, Nancy came to the hospital to tell Meredith that the judge decided she'd have to make up the missed work crew hours in jail.

Meredith served her time in jail and was released on Halloween. However, she knew it wasn't over because she still had to defend her medical license.

Meredith faced the medical board with Nancy representing her. Nancy made Meredith promise to remain quiet while Nancy defended her. Meredith was enraged to learn that one of the medical board representatives was Paul Castello, the doctor responsible for Derek's death. Nancy informed her that switching a doctor would mean rescheduling, which could take six months. Meredith decided to allow the hearing to continue. Several of the doctors testified, as well as former patients. During the trial, Meredith and the others learned that Levi Schmitt was the one who revealed the insurance fraud to Bailey, noticing that Gabby's hospital bracelet said Ellis's name and not wanting to get in trouble for making another mistake.

Bailey took the stand a second time and spoke of how Meredith broke the law to save a life and was a more caring person than anyone else in the room. The judge cleared the room so the two remaining medical board representatives could make a decision. When Meredith was called back in, she learned that Paul's vote was irrelevant as the other two had voted to drop the matter.

She was trying to save the girl's father from financial ruin

Meredith Grey is a character in the TV show Grey's Anatomy. In the show, she commits insurance fraud to save the life of Gabby Rivera, a young girl with cancer who did not have insurance to cover her treatment. Gabby's father, Luis, was worried about the cost as he didn't have insurance, but the doctors told him he could apply for state insurance, which would kick in immediately. However, he was rejected for making too much money.

Wanting to save him from financial ruin, Meredith put her daughter Ellis's name on the forms so they could use Ellis's insurance to pay for Gabby's medical care. They soon learned that Gabby had cancer.

Meredith was fired from her job at the hospital and sentenced to community service. She was also in jeopardy of losing her medical license.

She was fired from the hospital

Meredith Grey was fired from Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital for committing insurance fraud. She had used her daughter's name on the insurance forms of a young girl with cancer who didn't have insurance to cover her treatment.

Meredith's lawyer worked hard to keep her out of prison, but she ended up serving a jail sentence for missing her community service hours. She was sentenced to community service, but she kept leaving her trash-picking job to deal with various emergencies. Her supervisor eventually reported her missed hours to the judge, who decided she needed to serve her missed hours in jail.

Meredith was also in danger of losing her medical license. She was awaiting a hearing to review her medical license when she was in jail.

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