Healthcare
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Hospitals Taking Crozer Health Patients Part of Delco Gives Focus This Year
The Foundation for Delaware County, after unsuccessfully trying to save the bankrupt Crozer Health system with an infusion of $20 million, is now asking the public to give to help Crozer Health patients impacted by the health system’s closing. The appeal comes during the two-day online giving drive, Delco Gives, May 8 and 9, which…
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Main Line Health Keeps Nervous Eye on Crozer Bankruptcy Amid Cuts
Main Line Health is laying off almost 200 administrative and management staff as it works to restore its finances after three years of losses, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. It’s also keeping a close eye on the situation at Crozer Health, which could impact its own hospitals. Main Line Health is a nonprofit…
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Navigator Ambassadors Helping People After Crozer Closings
A community program from health insurance company Keystone First is helping thousands in Delaware County find healthcare and jobs following the closing of the Crozer Health system, writes Justin Udo for KYW Newsradio. The Health Navigator initiative is sending trained ambassadors throughout the city of Chester and other parts of Delaware County to connect people…
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Job Center Opens for Crozer Workers as Doctors’ Offices Close
Hundreds of laid-off Crozer Health workers now have access to a job center that has opened in Chester, writes Jessica Kartalija for 6abc. More than 2,600 healthcare workers in Delaware County were laid off last week after Crozer Health’s parent company, Los Angeles-based for-profit Prospect Medical Holdings, shut down the Delaware County healthcare system as…
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East Norriton’s Suburban Community Hospital Shifts Focus to Behavioral Health
Suburban Community Hospital in East Norriton is undergoing a major transition, writes Harold Brubaker for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Beginning July 1, the facility will become a behavioral health hospital focused on adults aged 55 and older, Prime Healthcare Foundation announced. The change marks a shift from Suburban’s current role as a micro-hospital offering emergency and…
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Bucks County Medical Center Named Among Premier’s 100 Top Hospitals for 2025
Four Philadelphia-area medical centers have earned spots on Premier’s 100 Top Hospitals rankings for 2025, including one in Bucks County, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The annual program determined the top hospitals in the nation based on clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, patient experience, and financial health. This year, researchers evaluated 2,599 short-term,…
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Former Crozer Health CEO Anthony Esposito Hired by Temple Health
Anthony M. Esposito, the former CEO of the now-closed Crozer Health, has been appointed CEO of Temple Physicians Inc. and CFO for Temple Faculty Physicians. He will start his dual role on May 5, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. “Tony has a proven track record of improving operations, driving growth, and maximizing…
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Crozer Health Closing Fallout Continues in Delaware County Towns
Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland was down to 20 patients as of Wednesday, April 30, with the hospital set to close Friday, May 2, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer. A baby delivery was the last action taken by its emergency department staff, which ceased operating Wednesday. Mother and baby were quickly transferred to…
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Delaware County State Legislators Seek Prospect Funds , Investigation
Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. should pay back Pennsylvania, Delaware County and The Foundation for Delaware County the $40 million that was spent to keep the Crozer Health system running, according to a 16-person delegation of Delaware County state representatives. Prospect’s current and former owners should also be investigated for criminal activity, the delegates wrote in…
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From Job Help to Patient Impact, Here’s the Latest on the Crozer Closings
Taylor Hospital officially closed its doors on Saturday, April 26, at 8 AM. It was a somber day Friday, the day before. It was the last official full day for the hospital in Ridley Park as empty beds were loaded onto a truck, reports CBS News Philadelphia. A Taylor Hospital employee says he’s sorry it…
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Bensalem Teen Meets Woman Who Donated Her Kidney to Save Her Life
Evelyn Bautista, a 17-year-old from Bensalem, met the woman who donated the kidney that saved her life for the first time at Temple University Hospital, writes Aubrey Whelan for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Megan Bosack had been battling nutcracker syndrome for years, a rare condition causing severe pain due to a compressed vein that drains blood…
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Chester Avoids Long-Term EMS Drought With New Nonprofit Partner
The city of Chester narrowly escaped a long-term lapse in its EMS coverage with the closure of Crozer Health when officials reached an agreement Friday with Lansdale-based nonprofit VMSC Emergency Medical Services for coverage, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. VMSC hopes to come online on May 2. “This agreement with VMSC came just in time,…
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IBX Foundation Increases Support to Grow Number of Prepared Nurses
The Independence Blue Cross Foundation has announced nearly $1.8 million in new grants as part of its ongoing commitment to strengthen the healthcare workforce. The recent awards to area colleges and universities fund nursing education scholarships and pathway programs, including the IBX Foundation Service Scholars Program for student veterans to become nurses. West Chester University and Drexel University have…
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Delaware County Adjusts Around New Crozer Health Absence
As Crozer Health begins the business of shutting down, Delaware County, its communities, and other healthcare providers are taking steps to protect patients and displaced staff from a Crozer Health absence. Taylor Hospital is scheduled to close on Monday, April 28. Crozer-Chester Medical Center is set to close on Friday, May 2. Crozer EMS services…
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Mercy Fitz Prepping for a Patient Surge if Crozer Health Closes
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby has come up with a plan to handle a surge in patients should Crozer Health and its two hospitals close this week, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal. Meanwhile, Ridley Park has declared an emergency in light of the possible closures, giving the borough the ability to hire temporary…
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Riddle Hospital Ready to Take on Crozer-Chester Patients
Riddle Hospital in Media has added 50 beds on three floors anticipating a rush of patients from the closure of Crozer-Chester Medical Center, which is only five miles away, write Stephanie Stahl and Brad Nau for CBS News Philadelphia. “We’re ready to go,” said Shelly Buck, the president of Riddle Hospital. “We have been preparing…
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Tower Health Earns Millions from Shuttered Brandywine Campus Sale Last Month
Tower Health secured $11 million from the sale of its shuttered Brandywine Hospital campus last month, according to county property records, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The buyer of the 67-acre Brandywine site was an entity affiliated with Regal Builders, a Delaware-based real estate firm. The deal closed over three years after…
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Delaware County Healthcare Disrupted Amidst Crozer Health Closings
The day after Prospect Medical Holdings announced it was closing the Crozer Health system, Crozer workers and state representatives held a news conference at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, demanding the hospitals stay open while a new owner is found, writes Tom Dougherty, Bill Seiders, Madeleine Wright, Will Kenworthy and Joe Holden for CBS News…
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