When Attorney General Kamala Harris’ office denied the sale of Victor Valley Community Hospital to Prime Healthcare Services’ nonprofit arm in September, it seemed like a closed case. However, the hospital’s board continued talks with Prime, declined to negotiate with another... + read more

Former medical coding staff from Prime Healthcare hospitals have raised concerns about diagnoses that may misconstrue what’s going on with the patient. However, it is not always easy for patients to know what diagnoses were used as a basis for a hospital bill to Medicare. Find answers to questions... + read more

Prime Healthcare Services bills Medicare for a variety of unusual ailments – among them a brain disease and a condition causing eyes to bleed – that can generate lucrative payments to the chain.  + read more

Prime Healthcare has responded to questions about medical coding by saying it relies on doctors to properly diagnose patients and on hospital chief executives to oversee legal compliance. Prime also cautioned against “being duped by innuendo and misstatements” by disgruntled former workers. + read more