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BREAKING: Chesapeake Regional Medical Center Sues Sentara Healthcare

2021-04-29

Chesapeake’s new case is as an “intentional tort,” which can be a claim that Sentara committed an act against it that deserves compensation.

Is Sentara’s Reaction to Scrutiny to Hire an Opposition Research Firm to Investigate C&BP?

2021-04-27

Three Weeks After We Uncover a Judge and Attorney’s Potential Conflict of Interest, VR Research Starts Asking Questions Through a Front Group.

Ohio Official: State Might Have 100,000 Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells

2021-04-21

Ohio passed legislation in 2018 that increased funds for capping oil and natural gas wells with no identifiable owners or that are bankrupt. But an analysis of state data shows the rate they’re being capped has been declining at 5% per year since the 1990s.

Norfolk’s Historic DePaul Hospital’s Efforts to Survive Were Stymied By Sentara Healthcare

2021-04-14

DePaul survived a Yellow fever epidemic, the Civil War, and a devastating fire while staying true to its mission of providing care for the less fortunate for generations. But it could not survive Sentara Healthcare’s determined lobbying that strangled its efforts to evolve its business model.

“Sentara has gutted our hospital here in the western part of the state, Rockingham Memorial Hospital” writes a tipster

2021-04-12

“We have lost a tremendous amount of medical staff and providers over the past 5 years as Sentara changes their contracts, cuts medical salaries and has a non-negotiable mode of operating.”

Ohio Speaker’s Office Sends Proof that Majority Leader Seitz Exchanged Email with a Canadian!

2021-04-2

We Asked, Though, for Text Messages with the Gov’s Chief of Staff, PUC Chair, First Energy CEO and a Lobbyist…. It took four and a half months, but we finally got a response to our request for records of powerful Ohio House Majority Leader Bill Seitz relating to a disgraced official and the $61 million… Read more »

Virginia’s Certificate of Public Need Process Needs a Road Map

2021-03-31

Sentara Healthcare used the convoluted system to attempt to stop a rival from opening an open-heart surgery center.

5 Things To Know About Certificate of Public Need Laws

2021-03-25

At a time when Republican and Democratic administrations rarely agree upon anything, five of the last ones agree that COPN regulation has to go.

Virginia State Bar Conducting Preliminary Investigation of Sentara Outside Counsel Jamie B. Martin

2021-03-19

C&BP Complaint Raises Unreported Potential Conflict of Interest, Showing Reach of Sentara Lobby Since November 2020, we’ve been probing the reach and influence of Sentara Healthcare, the powerful, $6 billion health care conglomerate that enjoys nonprofit tax status and is pursuing a $11.5 billion merger with Cone Health of North Carolina. One element of Sentara’s… Read more »