Provena Hospitals lose real estate exemption

Provena Hospitals outside of Chicago, which became a poster child for uncharitable hospitals in a front-page story in the Wall Street Journal, has been denied real estate tax exemption and a claim for refund of $1.1 million in taxes paid for the year 2002.

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Provena Hospitals lose real estate exemption

Provena Hospitals lose real estate exemption