Former chief medical officer (CMO) at Florence Hospital at Anthem and Gilbert Hospital is urging a Maricopa County judge to reconsider a decision to destroy over 300 patient health records after only 90 days of access. The two hospitals closed last year after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and patients could not access their medical...Arizona News
Steward Health Care will start seeing patients at Florence Hospital - A Campus of Mountain Vista Medical Center, in mid-June, a year after Florence Hospital at Anthem and its affiliated hospital in Gilbert both closed abruptly after ongoing financial struggles.
Although not labeled by Steward as a micro-hospital, the Florence facility...Arizona News
Two Arizona hospitals, Florence Hospital at Anthem and Gilbert Hospital, went bankrupt and closed last summer, leaving over 300 former patients without access to their medical records. On Wednesday, Gov. Doug Ducey and a Maricopa County judge intervened, filing an order for temporary reactivation of the hospitals' electronic health...Arizona News
Medical records from Florence Hospital at Anthem and Gilbert Hospital can't be accessed by more than 300 patients, including a 21-year-old Arizona woman with a life-threatening pancreatitis.
According to a story from The Arizona Republic, the woman's surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital won't operate without access to scans now...Arizona News
The hospital's owner, New Vision Health, closes after creditors filed for involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Court documents reveal creditors were owed about $13.1 million in unpaid loans and the hospitals' leases were terminated due to nonpayment. Reports say the bankruptcy receiver tried to secure capital to keep the...Arizona News
Officials hoped the new operations structure would lower cost and raise efficiency.
Becker's Hospital Review reports that since formation in 2016, new challenges are facing the two hospitals. Creditors are seeking to force the hospitals into bankruptcy.
An unsecured creditors trust filed Gilbert Hospital's involuntary...