Hospital nearing settlement with U.S., state over violations ANDEWS – Resolution to irregularities in Medicare and Medicaid payments pertaining to physician contracts is on the horizon after the Seminole Hospital District (SHD) board of trustees approved execution of a settlement agreement. The action came after the board emerged from more than an hour of closed session during a meeting on Thursday. “The district believes it is in the best interests to resolve potential claims against it by the United States of America and the State of Texas in connection with the district’s previous compensation arrangements with physicians and other health-care professionals ...