Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Shuttered Sharon Regional Medical Center Resuming Business Today
Sharon Regional Medical Center is set to reopen Tuesday, about two months after the former Steward Health Care facility in Pennsylvania closed. On Friday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health approved Pasadena, California-based Tenor Health Foundation鈥檚 plans to reopen the 163-bed hospital. In January, Judge Christopher Lopez of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in Houston signed off聽on the hospital management company鈥檚 takeover of the facility, which employed more than 800 workers. (Kacik, 3/17)
When Ted Matthews came out of retirement in early 2023 to retake the helm of the rural Texas hospital where he鈥檇 started his health care career, it was something of a rescue mission. They were having bake sales to keep the place afloat. Staff were updating their resumes. At every board meeting, they鈥檇 decide which bills to pay. (Bannow, 3/18)
Scripps Health plans to build a $1.2 billion medical campus that will include a 200- to 250-bed hospital and outpatient facilities. The San Diego-based health system鈥檚 board last week approved the 13-acre development in San Marcos, California. The first phase of the project will feature space for specialty and primary care offices, ambulatory surgery, cancer care, imaging, lab and other services, and the second phase includes the hospital, according to a Monday news release. (Kacik, 3/17)