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Healthcare/Hospital Law

Mar. 3, 2007

Receiver's First Steps in Reforming Prison Health Care

LOS ANGELES - Most state officials cannot unilaterally order millions of dollars worth of raises. But Robert Sillen, receiver of the state prison health care system, did just that this week.

By Anne Marie Ruff
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - Most state officials cannot unilaterally order millions of dollars worth of raises. But Robert Sillen, receiver of the state prison health care system, did just that this week. He announced salary increases for prison physicians, averaging $25,000 per doctor per year, which will cost the state $5.9 million. This is despite the fact that the prison health care system ...

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