Fierce Healthcare August 22, 2024
California’s Santa Clara County has cut a $175 million deal with HCA Healthcare to purchase a 258-bed hospital, a move the county says will restore critical care services for its residents.
The facility, Regional Medical Center (RMC) in east San José, covers about a quarter of the county’s total trauma cases and is located in “one of the highest need areas in our region,” the county said Wednesday. However, on Aug. 12, HCA downgraded the level of trauma, comprehensive stroke and other cardiac services offered at the hospital.
Santa Clara—which runs County Health System, a safety-net health system of 10 hospitals—said the change was a “significant” 25% jump in trauma patient volume at another of its hospitals with a Level...
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