The following is an excerpt from an article in Becker’s Hospital Review
From reimbursement landscape challenges to dwindling patient volumes, many factors lead hospitals to shut down.
Below are 10 hospitals that have closed or announced plans to close in the past year.
- West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health plans to close two hospitals by the end of January. The West Reading, Pa.-based system will close Jennersville Hospital in West Grove, Pa., on Dec. 31 and Brandywine Hospital in Coatesville, Pa., on Jan. 31. The closures will result in the loss of more than 800 jobs.
- MercyOne Oakland (Neb.) Medical Center closed July 1 after years of declining inpatient and emergency department volumes. While inpatient and emergency services ended, clinics at MercyOne Oakland and its affiliate, Lyons (Neb.) Family Medicine, remain open.
- Community HealthCare System-St. Marys (Kan.) closed in June, according to the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. The Sheps Center defines a hospital closure as the cessation in the provision of inpatient services. The hospital’s clinic remains open, and physical, occupational and speech therapy, X-ray, laboratory and other services are available. (Continued…)
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