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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.”

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 »

Lobbyist Morse Doesn’t Respond to Questions about His Pro-COPN Op-Ed — But Virginian-Pilot Editor-in-Chief Worrel Does

2021-03-16

Reports from both the Obama and Trump administrations criticized how health care companies use COPN as a cudgel to beat their competitors.

Attorney Jamie B. Martin Was “Legal Advisor” to COPN Reform Group — But Didn’t Publicly Disclose Sentara Connection

2021-03-12

C&BP Investigation Reveals a Second Time Lawyer Didn’t Publicly Disclose Her Ties to Healthcare Giant.

Reader Says: “There is more than meets the eye to the issue of Sentara”

2021-03-9

As our investigations progress, we often find that some of our best insights come from readers. Please keep sending them to us.

C&BP Files Ethics Complaint Against Judge Who Ruled in Favor of Sentara Healthcare, a Former Private Practice Client

2021-03-2

Update: Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission rejects our complaint against Judge Hall, saying it “does not intervene in pending cases…. You may refile, with a copy of the final order, “and the Commission will consider your allegation at that time.”

Judge Hall Is Silent but We Hear from the Office of the Virginia Supreme Court

2021-02-25

It’s remarkable that the comment about Hall’s potential conflict came not from her clerk of court, but from a spokesperson for the state Supreme Court. Those who are most familiar with the issue kicked it upstairs.