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news.Prime Healthcare Services has announced that Prime Healthcare Centinela, one of its subsidiaries, has acquired Centinela Hospital Medical Center, a full-service acute care facility in Inglewood, California, from Centinela Freeman HealthSystems Holdings.
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Prime Healthcare Services (PHS) will operate Centinela Hospital Medical Center (CHMC) as an acute-care facility with all services presently provided including emergency department services, medical/surgical services, obstetric services and specialty-care services such as orthopedic/sports medicine and cardiovascular services operated as centers of excellence.
Under the management of PHS, it is anticipated that emergency services will be improved with increased efficiencies. PHS has pledged to expand the emergency department and to invest $20 million in new infrastructure improvements over the next year.
Current employees will be retained under the new management. The current medical staff will continue to operate as an independent and autonomous entity with its elected leadership. PHS has assumed the existing contracts of health plans and physicians. CHMC will also continue its contracts with Medicare, Medi-Cal and the County of Los Angeles.
Von Crockett, president and CEO of CFHS, said: “This sale of Centinela Hospital to PHS is designed to meet the long-term needs of our patients and employees by stabilizing the delivery of health care services in Inglewood and the surrounding communities. This is very good news indeed both for this facility and for the many people we serve.”