MORE ON: Prime Healthcare

Spotlight: Health and Welfare

Cadena de hospitales aumenta ganancias admitiendo más cantidad de pacientes de emergencia

July 23, 2011, 2:01 PM
Estos pacientes llegaron a los hospitales de la cadena Prime con verdaderos problemas médicos. Pero terminaron siendo blancos de una estrategia empresarial cuyo objetivo es maximizar la cantidad de pacientes con seguro que reciben tratamiento en los hospitales de la empresa, según un análisis de... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Hospital chain under investigation seeks to expand

July 11, 2011, 12:05 AM
The Prime Healthcare Services Foundation, the nonprofit arm of Prime Healthcare Services, is seeking judicial approval to buy Victor Valley Community Hospital in bankruptcy court tomorrow, a move that, if successful, might expand the reach of the controversial hospital chain. Prime added one... + read more
Spotlight: Health and Welfare

Probe finds hospital chain inaccurately diagnoses infections

May 7, 2011, 4:05 PM
A California hospital chain under investigation for allegations of overbilling the Medicare system has inaccurately diagnosed patients with a blood infection known as septicemia – a complex and deadly condition that hospitals are paid a premium to treat, a state investigation has found. + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Senate leader calls for new probe of Prime Healthcare

March 17, 2011, 12:05 AM
Citing a California Watch story, a state Senate leader has called for a public health investigation into "alarming" malnutrition rates among Medicare patients at the Prime Healthcare hospital chain. Sen. Ed Hernandez, D-West Covina, who is chair of the Senate Health Committee, says... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Bill aims to close ‘loophole’ in hospital ownership law

February 23, 2011, 12:05 AM
The chairman of the Senate health committee announced a bill yesterday that would close a "loophole" that allows hospitals and nursing homes to change hands without applying for a new license. When evaluating whether a health facility owner should be awarded a license, state... + read more
Spotlight: Health and Welfare

Hospital chain, already under scrutiny, reports high malnutrition rates

February 19, 2011, 4:05 PM
Diagnosing patients with certain types of malnutrition and a rare form called kwashiorkor can help earn bonus payments for hospitals billing for Medicare. + read more
Spotlight: Health and Welfare

How do hospitals bill Medicare?

February 19, 2011, 4:05 PM
Patients covered by Medicare do not tend to see the diagnostic codes that form the basis for government payment to hospitals. Here's how it works. + read more
Spotlight: Health and Welfare

How the malnutrition story came together

February 19, 2011, 4:05 PM
California Watch used public records to compare how frequently California hospitals diagnose malnutrition among older patients when their care is paid for by the federal Medicare system. + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Hospital chain under investigation adds another facility

December 9, 2010, 12:05 AM
California hospital authorities pledged in recent weeks that they would thwart the growth of the Prime Healthcare hospital chain until they complete an investigation into infection-related billing rates. Despite the state’s declaration, the chain has managed to add San Diego’s... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, Money and Politics

Hospital chain, union that scrutinized it are both political donors

October 15, 2010, 1:23 AM
The Southern California hospital chain under investigation for suspected Medicare fraud – and the labor union that blew the whistle – have both made significant political donations to officials with roles, present or prospective, in the probe. As disclosed Tuesday by California... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

State health officials launch probe into hospitals with high infection rates

October 13, 2010, 12:05 AM
California health regulators are joining state and federal investigators in examining the practices of Prime Healthcare, a Southern California hospital chain with an unusually high rate of life-threatening infections, according to letters released to California Watch yesterday. In the letter... + read more
Spotlight: Health and Welfare

Prime's infection rate leads to fraudulent billing concerns

October 11, 2010, 9:36 PM
A Southern California hospital chain known for its aggressive billing practices is being investigated by state and federal authorities for an unusually high rate of life-threatening infections among its older patients. + read more
Spotlight: Health and Welfare

Letters from officials highlight worries of Medicare fraud

October 11, 2010, 9:35 PM
Elected officials express their concern over an abnormally high rate of septicemia at Prime Healthcare Services hospitals. + read more
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