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Hospital Closure Leaves Patients Scrambling, Owners Collect Millions

A PA judge will hear arguments to determine if Prospect Medical will be required to re-open Delaware County Memorial Hospital.  A recent CBS News investigation covered the story.

Private equity is piling into healthcare, snapping up everything from local doctors’ offices, to specialty clinics, even hospices. A CBS News investigation looked at these deals and found the owners of one for-profit company made millions, before some of their community hospitals shut down, leaving patients scrambling for care.

Lamb McErlane PC attorneys Rocco P. Imperatrice, III, James C. Sargent and Andrew P. Stafford represent petitioners, Crozer Keystone Health System (CKHS) Inc. and the Foundation for Delaware County.

Watch the CBS News story here.