Becker's Healthcare March 5, 2024
Springfield Township, Pa.-based Crozer Health has nixed plans to reopen its shuttered Springfield campus’s emergency department and medical center as an orthopedic ASC, according to a March 5 report from the Philadelphia Business Journal.
Crozer initially announced plans for the ASC partnership in July following an $87.2 million loss in 2022. The system was in talks to finalize a joint venture deal with Newtown Square, Pa.-based Premier Orthopedics, an operator of three dozen practices in the region, to establish an ASC by converting former hospital rooms for outpatient procedures.
The emergency department originally closed its doors in January 2022 amid staffing shortages. For the past two years, the facility has been operating as an outpatient care center.
Now,...