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Column: A top California hospital says it's the target of retaliation by a giant Catholic healthcare chain Michael Hiltzik © (Los Angeles Times) Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach says it's being punished for trying to end its affiliation with the Catholic Providence Health chain. (Los Angeles Times) Hoag Memorial Hospital, the most respected medical institution in Orange County, has been affiliated with the giant Catholic hospital chain Providence Health since 2016. But you wouldn't know it from Providence's publicity materials. Popular Searches The chain removed Hoag...

Print Hoag Memorial Hospital, the most respected medical institution in Orange County, has been affiliated with the giant Catholic hospital chain Providence Health since 2016. But you wouldn’t know it from Providence’s publicity materials. The chain removed Hoag’s three facilities from its website listing of Southern California locations sometime in late October or early November. But that was just one of several actions Providence, which is based in Renton, Wash., has taken against Hoag. In June, Providence terminated Hoag’s specialists from St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare, its netwo...