LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Community Ambulance has filed a federal lawsuit against Dignity Health, alleging the hospital system concealed a corporate change of control to prevent the ambulance operator from exercising a contractual buyout option.
Ambulance Management Group, LLC (AMG) filed the complaint Aug. 5, and names Dignity Health as the sole defendant.
AMG and Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) entered into a joint operating agreement in July 2010 to launch RBR Management, LLC, which does business as Community Ambulance Company (CAC). The agreement had a 30-year term and was designed to provide medical transportation services to Henderson and the greater Las Vegas area…