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CMS Fined Nearly $1 Million in Virginia
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2000
by Dan Pens
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2000, page 5
Correctional Medical Services (CMS) contracts with the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) to provide medical care to some of its 30,000 prisoners. In a 13-month period starting in January 1999 the VDOC levied nearly $1 million in fines against CMS for failing to live up to its contract, according to …
Filed under:
Out of State Transfers,
CMS,
Medical Misconduct,
Medical,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Dental Care,
Medical Records,
Contractor Liability.
Locations:
Connecticut,
Virginia.
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