Judge Finds Yakima Hospital Violated Laws on Charity Care
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A judge has determined that a Yakima hospital violated the state Consumer Protection Act by failing to provide adequate financial help to low-income patients.
The Herald-Republic reports that Superior Court Judge Susan Hahn sided with the patients last week in their class-action lawsuit against Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center and its former owner, Florida-based Heal