Becker's Healthcare January 24, 2025
Becker’s reported on four hospitals or health systems shuttering services since Jan. 1, which could shift how ASCs in these markets operate.
Here are the four hospitals ending services:
1. UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa, is ending inpatient care for pediatric patients, the hospital told Becker’s Jan. 17. The hospital said it will continue to care for pediatric patients with emergent needs in its emergency department and will work with other hospitals in the region to ensure patients requiring inpatient care can be safely transferred.
2. MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa, indefinitely paused its open-heart surgery program. In a Jan. 13 statement to Becker’s, a spokesperson for the Des Moines, Iowa-based health system...