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West Virginia Hospital Agrees to Pay $4.7M in Back Pay Following Merger
Signature Hospitals, the parent of St. Joseph Hospital in Parkersburg, W.Va., has agreed to pay $4.7 million to employees for sick leave benefits the employees allege they lost when the hospital merged with Camden Clark Medical Center, also in Parkersburg, in March 2011, according to a WTAP report.CCMC simultaneously merged with Fairmont, W.Va.-based West Virginia United Health System.
A judge is scheduled to review the settlement on March 29, according to the report.
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