Transcripts for KPIX CBS Evening News with Jeff Glor 2018032

attorney michelle jordan represents that hospital, campbellton graceville, which was days away from closing when perez and his partners swooped in. were you thinking to yourself what's in it for them? >> yes, and how and the hell did you find us. >> reporter: perez and associates agreed to pay off the hospital's debt and manage it for a fee of $30,000 a month. jordan begged the board not to sign. but the board was desperate. >> they wanted their hospital open. these records were how the hospital submits for billing. >> reporter: the hospital stayed open thanks in part to deals perez made with drug-testing laboratories all over the country. what was attractive about this 25-bed facility in rural florida? >> the reimbursement rate. >> reporter: to keep rural hospitals in business, insurance companies reimburse them for tests at much higher rates. a lab in dallas might get $200 for a urine screen. the same test billed through a rural hospital, more than $1,000.

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