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Checks & Balances Project Seeks FTC Investigation Of Proposed Sentara-Cone Health Merger

2021-05-7

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.

The Inconvenient Questions Tour Rolls Through Hampton Roads Again

2021-05-5

– 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 monopoly position is not enough – Sentara also seeks to eliminate competitors”

2021-05-4

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.

Virginia State Bar Dismisses C&BP Ethics Complaint About Sentara’s Outside Attorney

2021-05-3

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.

New Tip: “Someone HAS to put an end to this! Non-profit my ass!!!”

2021-04-30

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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.

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.”