But the plan is buried, hard to understand and offers less than meets the eye.
A 2019 executive order by President Donald Trump led to the creation of a rule that hospitals had to reveal their prices by Jan. 1, 2021. The Transparent Pricing Rule made the review of Sentara’s price structure possible.
Our first conversation is with a Registered Nurse with more than 20 years of experience, who asked not to be identified due to fear of professional retribution by Sentara.
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 »
C&BP has compiled the first-ever look at the size and reach of the Sentara Lobby, including the individuals and organizations who comprise it.
Sentara Healthcare has used the state’s Certificate of Public Need process to block competitors, while a separate lawsuit accuses it of unfair business practices.
– Billboard Continues to Press Inquiry About Sentara Healthcare Lobbying to Block Competitors – Reader: Did You See Our Billboard? Let Us Know Our recent requests for comment by Sentara Healthcare and its CEO Howard Kern have been ignored. So, we’ve taken to the road again with our mobile billboard. … Read more »
A new lawsuit by filed by Chesapeake Regional Medical Center against Sentara Healthcare seeks at least $20,350,000 in damages and lays out a pattern of unfair business practices that constitute tortious interference.
There had been no public disclosure that Hall and Martin had together previously represented Sentara in a four-year fight to get a Certificate of Public Need application approved to add a liver transplant unit. Martin argued Sentara’s case in the matter before Hall, who ruled in Sentara’s favor.
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