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HHA Services, originally Hospital Housekeepers of America, was founded in 1974 by Daniel W. Bowen, Jr. in Detroit, MI. [1] The company diversified in 1982 and founded Consolidated Building Services to provide janitorial service to medical office buildings, clinics and commercial buildings. In 1983, Medical Pest Control was founded to provide ...
ASHEVILLE - A newly filed federal lawsuit says the HCA-owned Mission Health system illegally withheld pay of 1,000 or more employees. The class and collection action lawsuit filed April 25 by ...
The merger was completed in January 2014 and made Community Health Systems the largest for-profit hospital operator at the time, with 206 hospitals in 29 states. The acquisition of HMA brought with it liability for lawsuits and criminal charges of fraudulent claims against Medicare and other federal programs.
Tenet Healthcare Corporation is a for-profit multinational healthcare services company based in Dallas, Texas, United States. Through its brands, subsidiaries, joint ventures, and partnerships, [7] including United Surgical Partners International (USPI), [8] the company operates 65 hospitals and over 450 healthcare facilities. [9]
One study found a higher risk of death after just a 4-week delay in cancer treatment for seven different cancers. In another study, women with early-stage, triple-negative breast cancer had a ...
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center neglect scandal refers to a series of allegations of unsatisfactory conditions, treatment of patients, and management at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in Washington, D.C., culminating in two articles published by The Washington Post in February 2007. Several cases of patient neglect and shoddy ...
Barbara Hoppes died after a low-risk surgery at Mission Hospital. A lawsuit alleges the hospital did not provide adequate post-operative care. ... a Nashville-based for-profit company, bought the ...
Theranos Inc. (/ ˈ θ ɛr. ə n. oʊ s /) was an American privately held corporation that was touted as a breakthrough health technology company. Founded in 2003 by then 19-year-old Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos raised more than US$700 million from venture capitalists and private investors, resulting in a $10 billion valuation at its peak in 2013 and 2014.