Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital Chief Finance Officer Mark Robinson told its board of directors Nov. 4 that several factors have led the hospital to potentially file for bankruptcy, which include returning over $12 million to the state this fiscal year, the Anthem Blue Cross reimbursement dispute and the delayed supplemental payments totaling $13 million to the hospital from the state.
The state is on track to begin construction of a $49 million, 24-bed forensic hospital next to the state hospital early next spring or summer, but it’s going to cost about $5,757,000 more than expected due to inflation, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services.
Kent Thompson, Chief Financial Officer at Hugh Chatham said, "Pursuing an integrated, single architecture, and high-functioning health record system is essential in accelerating our journey toward becoming the nation’s best community healthcare system. We are pleased to report that Hugh Chatham has now entered into an agreement with Cerner to make this a reality."
Tim Maurice, the recently retired CFO for UC Davis Health, takes the post until Fairfield-based healthcare system officials hire a permanent replacement in January.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens says Wellstar Health System received purchase offers for its Atlanta Medical Center property, and had it valued prior to publicly announcing the hospital’s closure. In a statement Monday night, Wellstar officials said it performed only “informal assessments of the property’s value,” and that it has not commissioned a formal appraisal.
Sharon Hospital is owned by Nuvance Health. They told FOX61 their decision to shut down labor and delivery was a financial one and that the hospital has, "faced financial challenges over the past decade, which were only exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic…" They went on to say the birthing center, "…has seen less than one birth per day on average over the past 10 years, often going several days at a time without a delivery."