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Planning to get the latest Covid vaccination? If you want them now, you will have to leave Borrego to find a provider. Why? The Borrego Sun checked with both the Borrego Springs clinic and DAP’s office – the new owners and managers of the clinic, to find out about the status of th... — Updated 11/9/2023

I have so many questions about Borrego Community Health Foundation (BH) – what’s left of it – and DAP, the new owners, I don’t know where to start. The first and most pressing is: Why hasn’t the Attorney General indicted any of the 40 alleged criminals, including Borrego H... — Updated 11/9/2023

In case many have forgotten or missed the memo. but as of August 1, 2023, the sale of the Borrego Health system to DAP Health was officially approved by both the bankruptcy court and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The goal of the acquisition, according... — Updated 11/9/2023

Meet Terry (Not his real name, but he is a real person). He recently told the following story to the Borrego Sun. When reviewing his medical records, Terry alleges, he discovered that Medicaid had been charged for services he did not receive. Persons illegally padding the... — Updated 11/9/2023

The above is how David Brinkman, CEO of DAP, defines acquiring Borrego Health’s clinics and pharmacies. The following is about the future of the Borrego Springs assets – clinics and pharmacies – as told to the Borrego Sun by Steven Henke, spokesperson for DAP (formerly the Desert... — Updated 11/9/2023

On July 31, DAP Health, a federally qualified Health Center (FQHC), became the new owner of Borrego Community Healthcare Foundation’s (Borrego Health) assets. Purchasing the 18 remaining clinics with the auction bid of $50 million, DAP Health, originally the Desert Aids P... — Updated 9/14/2023

Judge Laura Taylor, San Diego County U.S. Bankruptcy Court, has approved DAP Health’s bid to acquire substantially all the assets of Borrego Health. This follows the Feb. 15, 2023, announcement that the Borrego Health Board of Trustees had selected DAP Health’s $50 million off... — Updated 3/16/2023

DAP Health was chosen by the Borrego Community Health Foundation Board of Trustees to acquire the Borrego Health clinics and remaining assets through an auction held as part of the Foundation’s Bankruptcy Court proceedings. This after FBI/DOJ raids in 2020; fumbling around for t... — Updated 3/6/2023

The history and transitions of the Borrego Springs Clinic is tied and bound to the vision of Borrego’s founders. It’s a tale untold and sometimes confusing. There are gaps or perhaps inaccuracies in the history due to the lack of documentation, and much must be garnered from the m... — Updated 2/2/2023

With the bankruptcy filing, and now the proposed auction of the clinics, and all of Borrego Health’s assets, it’s very difficult to predict how one, lone, local clinic will fare. And, as an essential element of a vital and healthy home town, the fate of the Borrego Springs Cli... — Updated 12/20/2022

A Court report finds Borrego Health is delivering quality care at all of its clinics, despite its financial and legal challenges. The latest media release from Borrego Health’s spokesperson, Dan Kramer, proudly announces that Borrego Health’s Patient Care Ombudsman (PCO) inf... — Updated 12/2/2022

In what Borrego Health Board of Trustees is calling, “A proactive decision to protect continuity of care for at risk patients,” a media release dated Nov. 11, 2022, announced, “A formal process to explore options for transferring operations of Borrego Health clinics to a like-... — Updated 11/28/2022

In the previous issue of the Borrego Sun (Oct. 13, 2022) in the article on Borrego Health’s Bankruptcy proceedings announcing the Judge’s decision to stay the state Department of Health Care Services’ (DHCS) suspension of Medi-Cal funding, (Page 1: “Judge Reinstates Medi-Ca... — Updated 11/2/2022

Bankruptcy Judge Laura Taylor told the state Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) that it cannot permanently suspend Medi-Cal payments to Borrego Health, and advised Managed Healthcare Plan providers to halt any future transfers of Borrego Health patients to other clinics,... — Updated 10/18/2022

From its meteoric rise to the “fastest growing, largest, and most expensive federally qualified Health Center (FQHC)” in only a few years; and after three years continuous reporting of alleged fraud and corruption, culminating in an ongoing FBI/ DOJ investigation, the Borrego Com... — Updated 10/12/2022

The Borrego Community Health Foundation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after receiving a notification from the California Health and Human Services that payments for Borrego Health Medi-Cal services will be suspended Sept. 29. Following is a timeline of events, predating the susp... — Updated 10/12/2022

The San Diego American Indian Health Center (SDAIHC) recently posted new members of their staff. What a surprise to learn they had hired Karen Hebets, wife and co-conspirator of Borrego Health’s criminal mastermind, Bruce Hebets, former CEO, now deceased. But that’s not all, the... — Updated 9/27/2022

A statement released by Dan Kramer, spokesman and public relations consultant for Borrego Health, on Sept. 12. Borrego Community Health Foundation (Borrego Health) announced that it has filed a petition for relief under Chapter 11 protection of the United States Bankruptcy Code... — Updated 9/20/2022

On August 19, Borrego Health’s administrative offices, individual clinics, and others outside of the organization were notified by the State of California Health and Human Services Agency – Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) that the state intends to reimpose its 100% pay... — Updated 9/19/2022

Here’s what the Borrego Sun has been writing about for six years: An insider’s look at where all the money went, and who stole it. Borrego Health is suing itself for fraud within the organization and individuals responsible for stealing money from the taxpayer-supported Med... — Updated 8/9/2022

Borrego Community Health Foundation (Borrego Health) has been very busy. And the Foundation’s Crisis Communications Team has been doing a good job of advising the media of Borrego Health’s activities. Maybe, it’s because they are tired of having their spin upstaged by the media... — Updated 8/1/2022

Why is the Borrego Sun still writing about Borrego Health and its legal issues? Some readers may have lost interest, feel it doesn’t impact them and gone on with their lives. Others feel the Sun is beating a dead horse and should be supporting the local clinic in this difficult t... — Updated 8/1/2022

Borrego Health has finally admitted to fraudulent activities and criminal conspiracies within the organization; and has filed a RICO, Racketeering lawsuit against 50 of the Foundation’s former board members, officers, contract dentists, Premier Healthcare Management, many other i... — Updated 8/1/2022