Columbia/HCA acquisition of Value Health delayed by court pending resolution of contract conflict of interest.
Executive Summary
COLUMBIA ACQUISITION OF VALUE HEALTH AWAITS CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST RESOLUTION following Suffolk, Mass. superior court judge Barbara Rouse's preliminary injunction enjoining Columbia/HCA from acquiring Value Health. A complaint requesting the injunction was filed June 16 by the Virginia-based mental health services manager FHC Options, which has a partnership with the VHI subsidiary Value Behavioral Health that contracts with Massachusetts to provide mental health services to state Medicaid beneficiaries.
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