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Prime Healthcare renews bid for Anaheim hospital

As soon as the end of the year, the owner of Anaheim Memorial, Huntington Beach-based Memorial Health Services, is expected to settle on a bidder for the hospital.  Dr. Reddy has not given up yet..BD

A rapidly growing high-desert hospital chain, whose bid to buy an Anaheim hospital was rejected last summer by the state attorney general, is one of half a dozen companies trying again to buy the struggling medical center. In July, the state declined to approve a $55-million sale of 223-bed Anaheim Memorial Medical Center to Prime Healthcare Services Inc. The firm is co-owned by Dr. Prem Reddy, a prominent and controversial cardiologist from Victorville, and a trust owned by his family. The sale of the nonprofit hospital to Prime Healthcare, a for- profit company, was rejected after months of opposition from community activists and doctors. The attorney general must approve the sale of nonprofit hospitals to for-profit companies.

Critics say Reddy-owned hospitals routinely turn away uninsured patients.

Prime Healthcare renews bid for Anaheim hospital - Los Angeles Times

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