Hawaiian Gardens Hospital To Close After Charity Care Requirement Stymies Deal
An interested buyer would have had to provide $2.25 million per year in charity care for six years.
Los Angeles Times:
Gardens Regional Hospital And Medical Center To Close After Failing To Find Buyer
A struggling Hawaiian Gardens hospital will close because it could not find a buyer willing to set aside a state-mandated level of funding for uninsured patients who can’t afford treatment. Gardens Regional Hospital and Medical Center found an interested buyer in a bankruptcy auction in July, according to court documents, but the state attorney general’s office said in November that it would approve the $19.5-million sale to Strategic Global Management Inc. only if, among other things, the new operator agreed to provide $2.25 million per year in charity care for six years. (Ehehad, 1/17)
In other news —
The Desert Sun:
Desert Healthcare District Leader Changes Mind About Resignation
Desert Healthcare District board member Jennifer Wortham now says she is not resigning. Her announcement Tuesday came 11 days after Wortham told The Desert Sun she was leaving a post she'd been elected to just two months earlier. Wortham said she and board President Carole Rogers, along with district CEO Herb Schultz, worked out plans to examine any potential conflicts of interest between Wortham's role at the district and her job working on health issues for Riverside County. (Newkirk, 1/17)