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Published: March 14, 2008
Ambulance troubles persist across state
By Johnny Johnson
OWASSO — As director of the Emergency Medical Services Division for the state Health Department, Shawn Rogers knows better than most how dire the ambulance coverage is in Oklahoma.

So when Rogers heard the news earlier this week that Mercy Regional Health Systems and its president, Clay Hobbs , are facing a 23-count federal criminal indictment and a federal lawsuit alleging massive fraud by the ambulance servi...

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