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According to WHYY, Crozer Health in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, is closing all operating rooms at Taylor Hospital through September 1.
Crozer Health is a four-hospital system owned by for-profit, private equity-backed Prospect Medical Holdings, which signed a letter of intent earlier this month for CHA Partners to acquire the health system.
In April 2022, the Delaware County Council reportedly passed an ordinance requiring hospitals to provide 180-day notice to the Delaware County Health Department if they wish to close a unit or hospital.
A spokesman for the health department could not initially provide information on whether Crozer was required to make such a report in connection with the closure of the operating room at Taylor Hospital or whether such a report had been made.
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT
Crozer Health is reportedly the region’s primary emergency medical provider and is home to the region’s primary trauma center. It has the county’s only burn unit, according to WHYY.
Last year, after Crozer shut down services and programs at hospitals, failed to pay vendors and laid off employees, Prospect Medical Holdings agreed to sell the financially troubled health system. According to the report, Crozer announced that Prospect Medical and CHA Partners had signed a letter of intent to acquire CHA.
THE BIGGER TREND
The takeover would return Crozer Health’s hospitals to nonprofit status.
CHA Partners said it is a healthcare organization founded in 2008 that has acquired five hospitals in New Jersey and also owns and operates outpatient surgery centers, physician offices and nursing homes.
WHYY said CHA is a real estate and development company that also sold the five hospitals in New Jersey.
ORIENTED DATA
“We believe this is a positive step for our physicians, employees and the communities we serve and will help secure Crozer Health’s future as a vital healthcare provider in Delaware County,” Crozer said in a statement.
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