Another California County loses its hospital only after the FEDers refused to get inside

Non-Mary Mary, Only Glenn County’s hospital is set to close her doors in October.

The two national defendants were arrested, the Gramar County is a home of 28,000 people. Without a local emergency room, they will have at least 40 minutes away from a sensitive care area. An hundred fifty health workers will lose their jobs; Have already wandered at work elsewhere.

Streamed Clencishment of Gleenn Medical Center following the decision of US Medicare and Medicaid Services Federal Federal “Critical” Federal Federal refund to provide medical refund and controlled medical reform. Apart from that situation, the $ 28 million in Net Revenue Revenue will take 40% – the gap is too big to fill another way without closing another method without hospitals.

“It is sad that we come to this. I still want to pray that that 11:00 am wonderful,” it also said. “But it is truly, and this is the hand used.”

During the past few months, still with his team have been trying to make their own case in the Federal Health Agency, even in Washington, DC, in July in an attempt to vote for their cases.

In the Crux of the issue is the Federal law, who has recently been translated, requires serious access to access to at least 3 miles from hospital as highways. The CMS authorities now say that the closest near Colusa Medical Center, only 32 kilometers – three miles in the price of the level.

The Glenn Medical Center and County health officials say most people and ambulances take a different approach, 5 to 20 Highway 20. This method would be qualified.

“We’ve felt that by making all our news out there … [CMS] Looking at one’s own decision, “said again.” Unfortunately, the only thing that is important is how they measure the distance on the streets. “

FEDS first informed Glenn Medical in April that a redemption that found that the hospital was not ready to find a critical access program. Hospital officials adhered to the prospect that complaining and communicating with the agency could specify the situation. But in the Aug Book. 13, the center told the hospital that it was amended for its first decision.

“After reviewing additional hospital information, the CMS found that the hospital continued to meet the grade requirement,” read the book.

The Glenn Medical Center Areas and his neighbor County has not changed since he changed Glenn Medical First to awakening a criteria in 2001. The agency did not answer directly, but in the email it is simply repeating the requirements for access.

CMS said Glenn’s medical center could turn to another supplier to continue participating in the Medicare program. But if no other medicare model will pay the hospital at a sustainable financial rate. Under the critical access program, the federal government pays 101% of their external and external hospitals provided by Medicare patients.

US of Lama. Doug Lamalfa, Richvale Republican representing Glenn County, said it continues to discuss discussions with Dr Mehmet Oz, manager in MCMs. He said they were finally talking last week.

“We don’t stop exposing; we will get all the stops,” said Lamalfa. “We had a really good conversation with Dr Oz and we want us to work because closing is unacceptable.”

Lamalfa said it processed to introduce the bill that would renew the requirement or provide CMS with more understanding when analyzing rural hospitals. But it is not clear that something can be done before October.

The Glenn Medical Center and their employees cannot wait for a long time. The hospital announced that its clinics would keep its clinics open, but the internal services will stop Oct. 21. And many said that when waiting to have enough workers who would be able to work.

“We had to start talking to staff and told the workers,” Hello, we don’t have the future here. There is no practical way forward with us without this point to the sensitive access, ‘”and we said. At that time, we began to find workers. “

With declared closure, many Glenn County citizens will need emergency services can be hospital in County County or away from Bethe County’s Enyeloe Medical Center in Chico.

“We diligently review existing resources to ensure our getting ready to absorb encrypted volumes from the emergency department,” writes life without registered.

The two ambulances of Glenn County will also do more than a long-term County, leaving the citizens with limited emergency services.

The closure announced is a delightful reminder of weather forecast for California hospitals. Even with the increased medicare reembombimement, the Glenn Medical financial statements show that the hospital is always working.

Two years ago, the State sets bail in rural and social hospitals – Glenn Medical was not one of them – by total lending $ 300 million. That loan was not widely informed closing the Madera Community Hospital, which also left the whole region without emergency services. After the criminal case, the Madera community is now owner and operating by developed stewards of Americans, a company that has committed a profit that performs the optimized and depressed hospitals. The company is also owned by the Glenn Medical Center.

“Our team is hurting in your opinion because we are genuinely proud to be the person who enters and open and open hospitals,” he said. “When we get into the community, we make that a society in society that we will not be on bail.”

Ana B. Barra writes calm.