The D.C. government is suing Providence Health System, alleging the Northeast D.C. hospital violated the terms of its newly renewed license by scaling back many of its services Friday.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in D.C. Superior Court by District Attorney General Karl Racine on behalf of the city, claims Providence and nonprofit owner St. Louis-based Ascension Health ended services without the approval of the State Health Planning and Development Agency, the D.C. Health regulatory body. It throws…