Specialty Hospital of Washington, the corporate owner of United Medical Center (formerly Greater Southeast Hospital), countered the city's portrayal of the hospital's financial troubles in a court filing, according to a Washington Post report.
The district recently asked the court to grant city officials control of the hospital, which has been reportedly losing $1 million a month and falling behind on tax payments, retirement plan payments and other bills.
In its filing, Specialty countered that the city was aware of the hospital's operational and financial problems and that there was no legal reason to take away its control of the hospital. The corporate owners argue that the city has orchestrated this financial crisis to pressure Specialty into giving the district a nursing home worth $15 million that it ran independently within the hospital campus, according to the report.
Read the Washington Post report on United Medical Center.