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KHN journalists on the closure of dozens of pain clinics in Central California amid a state investigation

KVPR | By Kathleen Schock

Published February 25, 2022 at 3:53 PM PST

Lags Medical Centers abruptly closed dozens of clinics, including this Hanford site, in May 2021.

Last May, thousands of Central Valley residents receiving treatment for chronic pain were left without care when Lags Medical Centers, one of the state’s largest networks of pain clinics, shut their doors with little warning amid a state investigation. In the months that followed, Kaiser Health News found that the clinics had been engaging in unorthodox and ethically questionable practices. To learn more, Valley Edition host Kathleen Schock spoke with the two reporters behind that investigation, senior correspondents Jenny Gold and Anna Marie Barry-Jester.

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Kathleen Schock is the host of Valley Edition. In the show, Kathleen and the Valley Public Radio news team explore issues that matter to the residents of Central California through engaging conversations and in-depth reporting.

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