San Francisco-based UCSF Health and Roseville, California-based Adventist Health have shared a joint intention to reopen and operate Madera (Calif.) Community Hospital, which has been closed since early 2023.
In the partnership, UCSF Health will provide the hospital with clinical oversight, including safety and quality programs that align with the health system's standards of care, while Adventist Health will oversee the hospital's operations and operational efficiency, according to a February report. This will ensure a reliable patient experience. 8 UCSF Health and Adventist Health joint news release shared Beckers.
Adventist Health had reached an initial agreement with the hospital on its own last July, but ended its management pursuit last November.
The health system also plans to work with the Madera County (California) community on what services the hospital will provide and how those services will be structured.
“The opportunity to reopen Madera Community Hospital will expand access to health care, build a strong workforce, and move Madera County up to the standards of health care in California and the nation,” said California State Senate District 14 State Senator Anna Caballero. It will put us in a position to serve as a model.” release.
News of the joint offer comes with competition, as American Advanced Management, a hospital management company based in Modesto, Calif., also shares a continued intention to acquire and reopen hospitals.
“Once our transaction is approved by the Bankruptcy Court on February 13th and the management agreement becomes effective, we will immediately begin the process of reopening the hospital. The process will take four to six months,” February 8th. An AAM news release of the day shared.and Beckers Said. “By leveraging our experience opening multiple closed acute care hospitals in California over the past decade, we will be able to open this hospital as quickly and efficiently as possible.”
A joint proposal from UCSF Health and Adventist Health has also been filed with the bankruptcy court considering disposal of the hospital. If approved, the health system will begin work to reopen the hospital, according to a joint release.
UCSF recently signed a $100 million definitive agreement with San Francisco-based Dignity Health to take over two hospitals in the city: St. Francis Memorial Hospital and St. Mary's Medical Center.
UCSF Health, part of the University of California, San Francisco, includes San Francisco-based UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center in Parnassus Heights, San Francisco-based UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion, UCSF Medical Center in Mission Bay, California; Consisting of UCSF Benioff (California). .) Children's Hospitals and Clinics, Emeryville, Calif.-based UCSF Benioff Children's Physicians, San Francisco-based UCSF Furniture Practice, and San Francisco-based Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospitals and Clinics.
Adventist Health, a faith-based, not-for-profit integrated health system, has 37,000 employees in more than 400 care facilities and 26 acute care facilities in California, Hawaii and Oregon.
