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Correctional Medical Care Illegally Practiced Medicine in New York

Loaded on Sept. 2, 2016 by David Reutter published in Prison Legal News September, 2016, page 54
Location: New York.

The New York Attorney General found that Correctional Medical Care, Inc. (CMC) violated state law by engaging in the “corporate practice of medicine.” The finding resulted in a September 2014 settlement agreement that required the for-profit prison and jail medical care provider to restructure, hire an independent monitor and …

 

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