March 08, 2010
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Print Magazine Subscription VALLEJO, Calif.—Kaiser Permanente has opened a new hospital, Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center. The 457,000-square-foot facility has five stories and includes 120 medical/surgical beds, 38 emergency room bays and expanded emergency, radiology and surgery services. The hospital is fully wired for Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect, the Oakland, Calif., managed-care giant's electronic health-record system. The hospital, about 40 miles northeast of San Francisco, cost an estimated $450 million. It was originally slated to open in November 2009 but was delayed. FULL STORY »
February 15, 2010
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Print Magazine Subscription DOWNEY, Calif.—The Daughters of Charity Health System has entered exclusive negotiations to purchase a not-for-profit hospital in bankruptcy in Downey that serves southeast Los Angeles County, the two organizations said. Daughters of Charity, a six-hospital Roman Catholic system based in Los Altos Hills, Calif., has received notice that officials for 181-bed Downey Regional Medical Center have approved a letter of intent for affiliation with the system. A news release from Daughters of Charity said Downey Regional filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last September, and... FULL STORY »
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February 08, 2010
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Print Magazine Subscription Several legal cases are drawing to a close for two former Los Angeles hospital owners accused of filling beds with patients recruited from the area known as Skid Row. But the matter appears far from over. FULL STORY »
December 14, 2009
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Basic Web Registration LONG BEACH, Calif.—Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach is set to open a new $199.5 million patient pavilion at the end of December. The four-story, 124,000 square-foot building houses a pediatric surgery center with seven operating rooms and a pediatric imaging center. The pavilion has 93 neonatal intensive-care-unit beds, with an additional 24 NICU beds to be added later. A family resource center, sibling playroom and meditation sanctuary are also on site. Proposition 61, a statewide children's hospital bond initiative passed in 2004, provided $74 million for the project, and... FULL STORY »
November 23, 2009
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Basic Web Registration SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center broke ground on a new inpatient care building on Oct. 22. The $887.4 million construction project is funded through a general obligation bond initiative overwhelmingly passed by 84% of city voters in November 2008. The new 448,000 square-foot, nine-story facility will have 284 beds—32 more beds than the current facility, and will allow the county hospital to meet state seismic safety requirements. The new building, slated to open in 2015, will house the emergency room, trauma center, intensive care unit,... FULL STORY »
October 26, 2009
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Basic Web Registration SPOKANE, Wash.—Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tenn., signed a nonbinding letter of intent to form an integrated healthcare delivery system in Spokane with Rockwood Clinic, a 133-physician multispecialty clinic based in Spokane, the clinic said. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Rockwood has 32 clinical sites throughout eastern Washington and Idaho. Community entered the Spokane market last year with its $148 million purchase of two-hospital Empire Health Services. Rockwood Clinic would become a subsidiary of the integrated system, but would retain its brand name,... FULL STORY »
October 19, 2009
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Basic Web Registration DOWNEY, Calif.—Downey Regional Medical Center debt was downgraded to C from CCC by Standard & Poor’s and the ratings agency suspended the hospital’s rating after the facility filed for bankruptcy last month and failed to release financial statements for the past three years. Management at the 181-bed hospital told the New York ratings agency that financial statements for fiscal 2009 and the previous two years, would not be available until January 2010, said Ken Gacka, a Standard & Poor’s analyst. The lack of information prompted the agency to temporarily suspend... FULL STORY »
September 21, 2009
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Basic Web Registration TORRINGTON, Wyo.—Banner Health said it admitted residents this summer to the Alzheimer's care unit at its Goshen Care Center in Torrington. Proposed about five years ago, the new $4.3 million wing can accommodate up to 28 patients with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. According to Banner, it follows the Eden Alternative model of care, which emphasizes family and a homelike atmosphere. The unit is attached to the 75-bed Goshen Care Center, which is divided into three halls with 25 residents in each. Fully staffed with registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified... FULL STORY »
August 31, 2009
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Basic Web Registration SAN FRANCISCO—San Franciscans participating in the city's unique health access program report high levels of satisfaction, though a quarter said they delayed or skipped care because of cost or coverage issues, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report. Healthy San Francisco, launched in 2006, offers uninsured adult residents access to care on a sliding scale through participating city clinics and hospitals. As of August, more than 45,000 people were enrolled. The program is funded by city dollars, premiums and employer contributions. Some 94% of enrollees said they are... FULL STORY »
August 17, 2009
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Basic Web Registration SAN FRANCISCO—A new campus of UCSF Medical Center is getting a helipad, the city board of supervisors has agreed unanimously. UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, scheduled to open in 2014, will be a state-of-the-art 289-bed, 869,000-square-foot complex for children, women and cancer patients located in the eastern part of the city. The first phase of the project will cost about $1.6 billion. The helipad will bring critically ill newborns, children and pregnant women to UCSF from outlying community hospitals. The hospital estimates that 500 helicopter trips will occur each year,... FULL STORY »
May 18, 2009
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Basic Web Registration LOS ANGELES—Prospect Medical Holdings said last month that it increased its stake in 399-bed Brotman Medical Center, Culver City, Calif., to 72% as part of the hospital’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection. Brotman, which used to be owned by Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp., filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles in October 2007. Prospect bought a 33.1% stake in Brotman in 2005 for $1 million. Under the bankruptcy reorganization plan, the company paid $1.8 million for an added 38.9% stake in the hospital and committed to invest another... FULL STORY »
