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In a deal that promises to stabilize the future of healthcare in San Benito County, Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital is continuing to perform due diligence on transitioning to new ownership, says a press release from the hospital.
From Benito Link...
At a Jan. 14 meeting, the San Benito County Board of Supervisors discussed the future of Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital. By a unanimous vote, they decided to approach the San Benito Health Care District in an effort to stymie the potential lease-sale of the hospital to the Michigan-based Insight Health.
From CalMatters...
From Local News Matters...
Applications for the 2025 Hazel Hawkins Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Awards are now available.
Insight Health has denied allegations that it engages in questionable practices to defraud insurance companies and sell patients unneeded services, as alleged in a recent American Prospect magazine article.
Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) has been appointed Chair of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health by Speaker Robert Rivas. In this capacity, Addis will oversee fiscal policies related to Medi-Cal, mental health services, access to healthcare, and public health initiatives.
Mallory Schmitt, San Benito County’s deputy director of public health services, said the general public is not at a high risk from the bird flu outbreak that led Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency on Dec. 18.
From CapPublicRadio...
A damning investigation by The American Prospect magazine into Insight Health claims that the company engages in questionable business practices and is buying troubled hospitals with false promises that it will save them.The article, titled “The Ambulance Chasers of Totaled Hospitals,” reviewed court documents and other public records and spoke to unnamed former Insight employees.
From California Healthline...
The San Benito Health Care District announced the next steps in the ongoing process to finalize the lease-to-own transaction between Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital and Insight. While significant progress has been made, there is still important work ahead to complete the transaction.
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