Hospitals

Publicly available records about hospital takeover unsealed

Kristen Rasmussen | Secret Courts | Feature | January 4, 2012
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January 4, 2012

Nearly all the court documents related to a Pennsylvania health insurer’s agreement to take over a hospital network will soon be released, after a federal judge in Pittsburgh recently ruled that the claimed “highly confidential” information is publicly available.

Alabama court: Hospital sales subject to open records act

Stephen Miller | Freedom of Information | Feature | November 2, 2010
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November 2, 2010

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday that documents relating to the sale of a public hospital are subject to the state’s Open Records Act.