Almost one-third of 2013 is in the books, and the pressures of the new healthcare environment have affected several different hospitals.
Through the first four months of this year, nine acute-care hospitals have shuttered their doors, and there are rumors of others — such as Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y. — also looking to close.
Here are the nine hospitals that have closed so far in 2013, beginning with the most recent. Note: The following list only includes acute-care hospitals that have completely shut down, not those that have closed services, units or departments.
• Lakeside Health System in Brockport, N.Y., officially closed its 61-bed acute-care hospital, Lakeside Memorial Hospital, in April.
• Earl K. Long Medical Center, a 116-bed hospital in Baton Rouge that is part of Louisiana State University Health, shuttered its doors in April.
• Los Angeles-based Pacific Health Corp. closed all four of its hospitals in California — Anaheim General Hospital, Bellflower Medical Center, Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center (and its Hawthorne campus) and Newport Specialty Hospital — after the for-profit chain ran into millions of dollars of legal fines and lawsuits.
• In March, Stewart-Webster Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital that had served the Richland, Ga., area for more than 60 years, officially shut down.
• The Texas Department of State Health Services ordered Renaissance Hospital Terrell (Texas) to shut down in February due to patient safety failures.
• Weeks after enforcing layoffs to deal with deteriorating finances, Calhoun Memorial Hospital in Arlington, Ga., officially closed its doors in February.
Through the first four months of this year, nine acute-care hospitals have shuttered their doors, and there are rumors of others — such as Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y. — also looking to close.
Here are the nine hospitals that have closed so far in 2013, beginning with the most recent. Note: The following list only includes acute-care hospitals that have completely shut down, not those that have closed services, units or departments.
• Lakeside Health System in Brockport, N.Y., officially closed its 61-bed acute-care hospital, Lakeside Memorial Hospital, in April.
• Earl K. Long Medical Center, a 116-bed hospital in Baton Rouge that is part of Louisiana State University Health, shuttered its doors in April.
• Los Angeles-based Pacific Health Corp. closed all four of its hospitals in California — Anaheim General Hospital, Bellflower Medical Center, Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center (and its Hawthorne campus) and Newport Specialty Hospital — after the for-profit chain ran into millions of dollars of legal fines and lawsuits.
• In March, Stewart-Webster Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital that had served the Richland, Ga., area for more than 60 years, officially shut down.
• The Texas Department of State Health Services ordered Renaissance Hospital Terrell (Texas) to shut down in February due to patient safety failures.
• Weeks after enforcing layoffs to deal with deteriorating finances, Calhoun Memorial Hospital in Arlington, Ga., officially closed its doors in February.
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