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Hospital violated patient confidentiality, state says
Facility owned by Prime Healthcare Services wrongly shared medical files with journalists and employees, regulators say.
Los Angeles Times – May 5, 2012
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Prime hospital cited for violating patient confidentiality
California Watch – May 4, 2012
http://californiawatch.org
Prime hospital’s stent placements violated state regulations
California Watch – May 2, 2012
http://californiawatch.org
Lawmakers move to curb hospitals from ‘capturing’ patients
California Watch – April 23, 2012
http://californiawatch.org
Lawmakers alarmed by hospital chain’s practices
California Watch – February 24, 2012
http://californiawatch.org
Lawmakers probe Prime Healthcare Services’ billing practices
Los Angeles Times – February 24, 2012
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Prime Healthcare’s chief executive steps down abruptly
California Watch – February 23, 2012
http://californiawatch.org
Prime Healthcare drops bid for N.J. hospital
California Watch – February 7, 2012
http://californiawatch.org
Prime Healthcare withdraws its bid for Jersey City’s Christ Hospital
Hudson Reporter – February 1, 2012
http://www.hudsonreporter.com
FBI interviews patient in Prime Healthcare inquiry
San Francisco Chronicle – January 9, 2012
http://www.sfgate.com
Her case shows why healthcare privacy laws exist
Los Angeles Times – January 4, 2012
http://www.latimes.com
Health care privacy? Apparently not.
State of Health (KQED News) – January 4, 2012
http://www.blogs.kqed.org
Hospital is facing a bleak prognosis
Los Angeles Times – December 28, 2011
http://www.latimes.com
VIDEO: California hospital chain eyed for possibly bilking Medicare for millions
PBS Newshour – December 19, 2011
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RADIO: Medicare billed for rare disease in Shasta County
KQED Public Radio – December 19, 2011
Prime Healthcare reports outsized rates of unusual conditions
California Watch – December 16, 2011
http://californiawatch.org
Prime hospital bills for malnutrition, but patient says she wasn’t treated
California Watch – December 16, 2011
http://californiawatch.org
FBI questioning former Prime hospital coders
California Watch – December 13, 2011
http://californiawatch.org
FBI asking about Alvarado Hospital billing
San Diego Union-Tribune – December 13, 2011
http://www.signonsandiego.com
Prime Hospital Reports Simultaneous Cases of Heart Failure, Septicemia
California Watch – November 28, 2011
http://californiawatch.org
Chainwide, Prime Has High Heart Failure Rates
California Watch – November 27, 2011
http://californiawatch.org
Patient’s Case Illustrates Bonus Payment for Heart Failure
California Watch – November 27, 2011
http://californiawatch.org
Heart Failure Cases Surge Among Prime Hospital’s Medicare Patients
California Watch – November 27, 2011
http://californiawatch.org
Hoboken Assemblyman Ramos asks court to deny Christ Hospital’s request to expedite approval of its sale
NJ.com - November 11, 2011
http://www.nj.com
Congressman calls on feds to examine Prime Healthcare’s billing, taxes
California Watch – November 7, 2011
http://californiawatch.org
Jersey City Medical Center CEO: Sale of Christ Hospital Would Be “Recipe for Disaster”
Becker’s Hospital Review - October 28, 2011
http://beckershospitalreview.com
Maryland hospital, like California chain, claims ‘kwashiorkor’ outbreak
California Watch – October 24, 2011
http://californiawatch.org
VIDEO: Doctors were coached on diagnoses, ex-staff say
California Watch – October 14, 2011
http://californiawatch.org
Prime Healthcare’s treatment of rare ailments stands out
California Watch – October 14, 2011
http://californiawatch.org
State of California’s actions may put breaks on Christ Hospital buyer
Hudson Reporter – September 21, 2011
http://www.hudsonreporter.com
Attorney general denies sale to controversial hospital chain
California Watch – September 20, 2011
http://www.californiawatch.org
Hospital owner’s charity may have avoided taxes
California Watch – August 16, 2011
http://www.californiawatch.org
Senator asks Harris to review hospital sale
California Watch – August 10, 2011
http://www.californiawatch.org
Probe finds Prime has high rate of ER transfers
San Francisco Chronicle – July 26, 2011
http://www.sfgate.com
Prime Healthcare accused of Medicare fraud, seeking legal action against press
Fierce Healthcare – July 25, 2011
http://www.fiercehealthcare.com
Hospital chain’s practices under fire
Riverside Press-Enterprise – July 25, 2011
http://www.pe.com
En emergencias está la ganancia
La Opinión – July 24, 2011
http://www.impre.com
Hospital chain profits by admitting high number of ER patients
California Watch – July 23, 2011
http://www.californiawatch.org
Admission practices drive Prime profits: emergency room visits often lead to longer stays
Redding Record-Searchlight – July 23, 2011
http://www.redding.com
Reluctant patients boosted Prime Healthcare revenue
OC Register – July 22, 2011
http://www.ocregister.com
Lawmaker steps up call for Prime Healthcare probe
California Watch – July 12, 2011
http://www.californiawatch.org
Hospital chain under investigation seeks to expand
California Watch – July 11, 2011
http://www.californiawatch.org
Probe finds hospital chain inaccurately diagnoses infections
California Watch – May 7, 2011
http://www.californiawatch.org
Senate leader calls for new probe of Prime Healthcare
California Watch – March 17, 2011
http://www.californiawatch.org
Prime tries to polish image; Shasta Regional Medical Center owners hire PR company
Redding Record Searchlight – March 09, 2011
http://www.redding.com/
Tales of greater transparency in healthcare finance
Fierce Healthcare Finance – March 01, 2011
http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/
Dr. Joe Harrop: Kwashiorkor, right here in Redding
Red Bluff Daily News – February 28, 2011
http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/
Shady billing?
The Press Enterprise – February 26, 2011
http://www.pe.com/
Hospital Chain Faces New Questions Over Care
Voice of San Diego – February 22, 2011
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org
Shasta Regional’s senior malnutrition rates off the charts
Redding Searchlight – February 21, 2011
http://www.redding.com/
Data raises questions about hospital chain’s malnutrition diagnoses
The Orange County Register – February 20, 2011
http://www.ocregister.com/
Hospital chain, already under scrutiny, reports high malnutrition rates
California Watch – February 19, 2011
http://californiawatch.org
Centinela Hospital employees: Hurt by healthcare policies?
Company under fire for questionable practices
Our Weekly – January 20, 2011
http://ourweekly.com
Hospital Chain Investigated for High Infection Rate and Potential Fraud
Voice of OC – December 12, 2010
http://voiceofoc.org
Hospital chain under investigation adds another facility
California Watch – December 9, 2010
http://californiawatch.org
High Desert patient care could suffer
San Bernardino County Sun – November 2, 2010
http://www.sbsun.com
Infection investigation—High rates of septicemia alleged at Prime hospitals
Modern Healthcare – October 18, 2010
http://www.modernhealthcare.com
Infections at chain of hospitals probed
Los Angeles Times – October 12, 2010
http://www.latimes.com
High infection rates fuel federal probe of hospital chain
FierceHealthcare – October 12, 2010
http://www.fiercehealthcare.com
Shasta Regional owner under federal, state investigation
Redding Record Searchlight – October 12, 2010
http://www.redding.com
Hospital chain’s high infection rate leads to fraudulent billing concerns
California Watch – October 11, 2010
http://www.californiawatch.org