by James C. Sherlock
Which one of these doesn’t match?
Story in Virginia Business Dec. 20:
EVMS, ODU and Sentara sign health center agreement.
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Old Dominion University and Sentara Healthcare entered into a memorandum of understanding Friday to work toward a collaborative academic health center….
That’s right. EVMS and ODU are state institutions. Sentara just acts like one. Is anyone at the Virginia Department of Health interested in this?
The Attorney General’s Office should have been up to its neck in this agreement, probably to nix it.
Allyson Tysinger is Senior Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the Health Services Section that provides advice to the VDH in its obligation to oversee and regulate such services. Was her office involved in helping either VDH or the state entities ODU and EVMS conclude this agreement?
How about the University Counsel at ODU, Senior Assistant Attorney General Allen T. Wilson?
The Attorney General’s office actually has an antitrust unit, although as far as I know it never prosecuted an antitrust case under the current AG. The Antitrust Unit Manager, Sarah Oxenham Allen, currently serves as the chair of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) Antitrust Taskforce. Is she interested in how one dominant, vertically integrated healthcare provider and insurer was the only provider or insurer that was party to this agreement with state entities?
Just asking.
