Shares of United Health Services Inc. gained 1% late Wednesday, recovering some of their steep losses in the last half hour of the regular trading session. The hospital chain, which operates psychiatric hospitals, among other facilities, was the focus of a Buzzfeed report earlier Wednesday that claimed employees were pressured to “fill beds by almost any method” and to hold on to patients to keep insurance payments flowing. The shares ended the day down 11.9%.
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