Health System Deal With DPH Keeps Hospitals in Operation
Universal Health Services -- the parent company of Southwest Healthcare System -- has reached an agreement with the California Department of Public Health to allow the system's Rancho Springs Medical Center and Inland Valley Medical Center to keep their operating licenses during an investigation into quality concerns. In 2011, CMS and DPH will conduct a final certification inspection.
- "Deal Lets Southwest RivCo Hospitals' Operator Keep License" (Hill, Riverside Press-Enterprise, 9/27).
- "UHS Reaches Deal To Save Calif. Sites' Licenses" (Galloro, Modern Healthcare, 9/27).