MORE ON: Prime Healthcare

To examine three medical conditions reported by Prime Healthcare Services hospitals, we conducted a computer-assisted analysis of California hospital inpatient discharge data. The data is kept by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. + read more

In a widely watched decision, the state attorney general's office today denied the sale of Victor Valley Community Hospital to Prime Healthcare Services' nonprofit foundation, saying the sale would not be "in the public interest." Prime's nonprofit foundation... + read more

A foundation controlled by Dr. Prem Reddy, the driving force behind Southern California’s fast-growing Prime Healthcare Services hospital chain, may have avoided hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal taxes through a questionable charitable gift, tax experts said. Public records... + read more

Next week, the attorney general's office will hold a hearing over the proposed sale of Victor Valley Community Hospital to Prime Healthcare Services, the controversial and growing chain of 14 hospitals. The hospital, which the chain pledges to operate as a nonprofit, would be Prime... + read more

Deciding when a patient is stable enough to leave a hospital is difficult for any doctor, but some former employees of Prime Healthcare Services say the chain has gone to extreme lengths to keep patients at their medical facilities. + read more

Prime Healthcare Services has turned around the finances of more than a dozen struggling California hospitals by focusing on emergency room operations. Some chain critics say the changes have come with a cost.      + read more

Prime Healthcare Services, California's largest for-profit hospital chain, has had private grudges and public disputes over health insurers paying bottom dollar and managing patient care from business offices. Managed care firms, in turn, say Prime captures its patients in the interest of profit.... + read more