Former CEO Accuses California's Tulare County of Overpaying Physicians

Bob Montion, former CEO of Tulare (Calif.) Regional Medical Center, has accused Tulare County of overpaying a physician group that operates the county's pediatric clinic, according to a Visalia Times-Delta report.

Mr. Montion said he plans to file a federal lawsuit against the county. According to Mr. Montion, the contract pays physicians at Hillman Pediatric Health Center $96 per patient visit, compared to $40 at the nearby Tulare Community Health Clinic.

The physicians in the group are Prem Kamboj, MD, Susan Haack, MD, Asir V. Shah, MD, and Robert L. Orth, MD.

Read the Visalia Times-Delta report on Tulare County physicians.

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