Monthly Archives: May 2021

Anita Dunn
Has Sentara Hired DC Crisis Managers To Rescue Its Troubled Merger?
2021-05-28
Oppo research firm VR Research is tied to mega-firms SKDKnickerbocker and GMMB As it works to save its $11.5 billion merger with North Carolina’s Cone Health, Sentara Healthcare appears to have hired a politically connected Washington, DC, crisis management public relations firm. The evidence of such a move comes in the use of an opposition… Read more »
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Dr. Tinsley
LOCAL VOICES: A Newport News Doctor Talks About Sentara and More
2021-05-28
In today’s Local Voices, we talk with Dr. James Tinsley of Lighthouse Direct Primary Care in Newport News, Virginia. Tinsley is certified with the American Board of Family Medicine and is fully licensed with the State of Virginia. He charges his patients $75 a month, doesn’t take insurance but suggest patients be covered with a… Read more »
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Mark Herring
Checks & Balances Project Seeks Virginia AG Investigation Of Sentara Charges For Uninsured Patient
2021-05-25
Checks and Balances Project (C&BP) has asked Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring to determine whether the apparent overcharging of an uninsured patient is an isolated incident or part of a larger pattern of overbilling by Sentara. A C&BP investigation using Sentara’s “Transparent Pricing Tool” reveals charges for medical services on a patient’s bill exceeded its… Read more »
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Federal Trade Commission Responds To C&BP Investigation Request
2021-05-11
Request Seeks Investigation of Sentara Healthcare’s Business Practices as Company Asks for FTC Permission to Merge with Cone Health of North Carolina The Federal Trade Commission has acknowledged it has received Checks & Balances Project’s request for an investigation into anti-competitive practices by Sentara Healthcare. Attorney Alan Friedman of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition said… Read more »
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