ChristianaCare Opts Out of Crozer Health Buy as Negotiations End

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A sign for Crozer Chester Medical Center, part of the Crozer Health hospital system being considered by ChristianaCare
Image via Kenny Cooper, WHYY.

ChristianaCare won’t be buying Crozer Health, it was announced in a  joint statement Thursday morning, by ChristianaCare and Prospect Medical Holdings, the for-profit owners of Crozer Health, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY.

The announcement follows months of negotiations.

Instead, Crozer will transition back to nonprofit status, according to a letter provided to hospital employees obtained by WHYY News.

“While formal negotiations ceased, we will continue discussions on forming clinical partnerships and integration models with ChristianaCare, in addition to other healthcare providers,” the letter read.

Crozer plans to focus on outpatient care.

One possible action could be reopening Springfield Hospital as “a comprehensive outpatient complex” with an emergency department and ambulatory surgery center.

In an effort to regain trust with the community, Crozer is also planning town hall meetings starting the week of Aug. 22.

State Rep. Mike Zabel, who represents parts of Delaware County, said he was “deeply disappointed”.

“Crozer has a lot of work to do to restore trust in our community. If they’re interested in that, Crozer must restore its suspended services. It also must remove itself from any affiliation with its profiteering parent company, Prospect,” Zabel said.

Read more at WHYY about the decision not to pursue the sale of Crozer Health to ChristianaCare.

Here’s a CBS Philly news report on the end of negotiations with ChristianaCare over Crozer Health.

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