Prime Healthcare Adds to System Despite Investigation
Prime Healthcare has added San Diego-based Alvarado Hospital to its health system, despite being under investigation by state authorities regarding billing rates. Assembly member Marty Block (D-San Diego) and attorneys representing the Service Employees International Union have sent letters to the California Department of Public Health protesting Prime Healthcare's addition, saying that the state should remove Alvarado Hospital's operating license until the investigation is complete.
- "Hospital Chain Under Investigation Adds Another Facility" (Jewett, California Watch, 12/9).