Healthcare DIVE March 26, 2024
Susanna Vogel

Beginning June 1, the Catholic health system will cede responsibility of hospitalist functions to staffing firm SCP Health.

Dive Brief:

  • Ascension will outsource Illinois hospitalist roles to private equity-backed staffing firm SCP Health beginning June 1, a spokesperson for the health system confirmed to Healthcare Dive.
  • Medical directors, doctors, nurse practitioners and physicians’ assistants previously employed by Ascension will have to reapply for their jobs with SCP Health, according to Crain’s Chicago Business, which first reported the story.
  • The Ascension spokesperson says the system vetted SCP Health for months to determine a cultural fit with the health system and it plans to transition services with “no gaps” in care quality.

Dive Insight:

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