Suit Claims St. Francis Hid Federal Audit from Prospective Buyer
Wednesday, August 12th, 2015
A Tennessee health-care company once in negotiations to purchase financially strapped St. Francis Hospital claims in a federal lawsuit that the Columbus nonprofit provider repeatedly refused to disclose and attempted to hide its “legal and regulatory problems.”
CHSPSC LLC, a subsidiary of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Community Health Services, filed the suit under seal — meaning it was not made public — Friday in U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia. Late Tuesday, Judge Clay Land ruled the suit should not be under seal and made the 31-page complaint public.
