Becker's Spine Review

36 HEALTHCARE NEWS New Jersey State/local government hospitals — N/A Nonprofit hospitals — $2,717 For-profit hospitals — $1,826 New Mexico State/local government hospitals — $2,617 Nonprofit hospitals — $2,782 For-profit hospitals — $2,330 New York State/local government hospitals — $2,775 Nonprofit hospitals — $2,719 For-profit hospitals — N/A North Carolina State/local government hospitals — $2,056 Nonprofit hospitals — $2,157 For-profit hospitals — $1,620 North Dakota State/local government hospitals — N/A Nonprofit hospitals — $1,780 For-profit hospitals — $4,701 Ohio State/local government hospitals — $2,884 Nonprofit hospitals — $2,736 For-profit hospitals — $2,391 Oklahoma State/local government hospitals — $1,324 Nonprofit hospitals — $2,034 For-profit hospitals — $2,262 Oregon State/local government hospitals — $4,062 Nonprofit hospitals — $3,546 For-profit hospitals — $2,731 Pennsylvania State/local government hospitals — $787 Nonprofit hospitals — $2,448 For-profit hospitals — $1,937 Rhode Island State/local government hospitals — N/A Nonprofit hospitals — $2,843 For-profit hospitals — $2,028 South Carolina State/local government hospitals — N/A Nonprofit hospitals — $2,159 For-profit hospitals — $1,729 South Dakota State/local government hospitals — $442 Nonprofit hospitals — $1,519 For-profit hospitals — $3,956 Tennessee State/local government hospitals — $1,537 Nonprofit hospitals — $2,193 For-profit hospitals — $1,836 Texas State/local government hospitals — $2,926 Nonprofit hospitals — $2,675 For-profit hospitals — $2,078 Utah State/local government hospitals — $3,038 Nonprofit hospitals — $3,291 For-profit hospitals — $2,478 Vermont State/local government hospitals — N/A Nonprofit hospitals — $2,440 For-profit hospitals — N/A Virginia State/local government hospitals — $2,994 Nonprofit hospitals — $1,888 For-profit hospitals — $1,895 Washington State/local government hospitals — $3,312 Nonprofit hospitals — $3,540 For-profit hospitals — $2,451 West Virginia State/local government hospitals — $2,461 Nonprofit hospitals — $1,965 For-profit hospitals — $1,362 Wisconsin State/local government hospitals — $2,778 Nonprofit hospitals — $2,490 For-profit hospitals — $2,830 Wyoming State/local government hospitals — $1,269 Nonprofit hospitals — $2,225 For-profit hospitals — $2,219 n Arizona hospital closure will result in 655 layoffs By Ayla Ellison D allas-based Steward Health Care closed St. Luke's Medical Center in Phoenix on Nov. 24. Approximately, 655 employees lost their jobs, according to the Phoenix Business Journal, which cited a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice. The hospital, which opened more than 100 years ago, closed due to dwin- dling patient volumes, St. Luke's Medical Center President James Flinn wrote in a letter to the local community in October. "On any given day, St. Luke's has 70 patients in the hospital out of a total ca- pacity of 219," Mr. Flinn wrote. "To put it another way, each night, two out of three hospital beds are empty at St. Luke's. Over the past two years, St. Luke's occupancy rate has remained below 40 percent, and emergency department visits have decreased by 16 percent." St. Luke's will shut down its emergency room Nov. 23 and transfer any re- maining patients to two other hospitals owned by Steward — Tempe (Ariz.) St. Luke's Hospital and Mountain Vista Medical Center in Mesa, Ariz. Some employees affected by the closure may be transferred as well. "We are looking for every opportunity to transfer St. Luke's employees to equivalent positions at one of our sister facilities in the region — Tempe St. Luke's, Mountain Vista Medical Center, and the newly reopened Florence Hospital," a spokesperson for Steward told Becker's Hospital Review. Brokers are looking for new tenants to occupy the nine-story building that houses St. Luke's. Brokers told the Phoenix Business Journal that the facility could be renovated into apartments or senior living housing. n

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