Dignity Health accused of profit-first tactics in EMS partnership

Ambulance Management Group, which established Community Ambulance Co. in 2010 alongside Dignity Health, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Wednesday. The complaint alleges that Dignity Health concealed alterations to its corporate control that would have triggered AMG’s option to repurchase the health system’s ownership stake. The suit also claims Dignity has shifted from a patient‑focused mission to a emphasis on its balance sheet, citing an internal directive that allegedly instructed AMG personnel to route patients to affiliated facilities even when those were not the nearest hospitals. A spokesperson for Community Ambulance stated, “Throughout its history, Community Ambulance has benefited from consistent, locally accountable leadership, adjacent arsenic its wellness strategy spouse has undergone changes successful firm operation and enforcement leadership,” a spokesperson for Community Ambulance wrote successful a connection to the Review