Center Where Comatose Woman Had Baby Faced Criminal Probe

Hacienda HealthCare in Phoenix, on Jan. 4, 2019.AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin
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PHOENIX—Regulators wanted to remove developmentally disabled patients from a Phoenix long-term care facility years before a woman in a vegetative state gave birth, Arizona’s largest newspaper reported Sunday.

The Arizona Republic reported Hacienda HealthCare faced a 2016 criminal investigation for allegedly billing the state more than $4 million for bogus 2014 charges for wages, transportation, housekeeping, maintenance and supplies.