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No title (id: 9019)
Texas Lawyer gives the account of a small, one-man firm that began running advertisements for a high-priced lawyer referral service; the service and the law firm is run by an ex-convict who is not a lawyer, June 29, 1992.
Tags: TX
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No title (id: 8356)
Asbury Park Press examines the secret deals and hidden conflicts of interests that tempt a doctor to put his wealth ahead of a patient's health, including HMOs and their tendency to reward doctors who minimize costs of services to patients, and the referral of patients by their doctors to HMOs in which the doctor has a financial interest, 1991.
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No title (id: 7672)
City Paper (Washington, D.C.) investigates the plight of illegal immigrants in the District of Columbia; finds they are exploited by employers who capitalize on the fact that without green cards, they have no legal recourse; looks at D.C.'s two legal-aid referral centers for undocumented immigrants and their efforts to provide justice to exploited workers, Nov. 30, 1990.
Tags: DC Shiner INS
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No title (id: 7642)
Associated Press (New York) uncovers arrangements between doctors and hospitals in which the hospital gives a doctor low-interest loans, office space and equipment in exchange for patient referrals, Oct. 14 - 17, 1990.
Tags: NY Bayles Haney
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No title (id: 7550)
Virginian-Pilot and Ledger-Star (Norfolk) series uncovers a conflict of interest for doctors; their referral of patients to health care companies involved the doctors receiving office rent subsidies, malpractice insurance, low-cost loans and stock dividends in return, Nov. 4, 1990.
Tags: VA Hancock
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Warm Bodies: Doctor-owned Labs Earn Lavish Profits in a Captive Market
Wall Street Journal two-part series examines the practice of doctors receiving kickbacks for hospital referrals; also looks at the tremendous profits doctors reap from referring patients to facilities, such as laboratories and rehabilitation centers, that they own or hold stock in; finds unnecessary hospital stays, surgeries and lab work, Feb. 27 - March 1, 1989.
Tags: Bogdanich Waldholz American Medical International MRI Furth
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Housing Whitewash
WCBS-TV (New York) examines the housing rental market in New York and finds discrimination and rip-offs by rental referral services, 1979. Tape
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