The California Department of Public Health will allow Southwest Healthcare System to open expansions at its Rancho Springs Medical Center in Murrieta, Calif., and Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar, Calif., after determining not to revoke the hospital operator's license, according to a Press-Enterprise report.
The $53-million expansion of the emergency and delivery departments at Rancho Springs and the $37 million expansion of the ER and heart surgery unit at Inland Valley have sat unopened as state regulations considered revoking Southwest's license after the hospitals received "dozens of citations and more than $300,000 in fines for patient care violations over the past several years," according to the report.
Southwest was initially barred from opening the expansions. The health system, which is operated by Universal Health Services, has since reached an agreement with the Department of Public Health, to keep the system's license.
Read the Press-Enterprise report on Southwest Healthcare System.
Read more coverage on Southwest Healthcare System:
- UHS' Southwest Healthcare Gains Approval for New Hospital in California
- UHS Reaches Agreement With CMS, California Department of Health to Keep Southwest Healthcare System's License
The $53-million expansion of the emergency and delivery departments at Rancho Springs and the $37 million expansion of the ER and heart surgery unit at Inland Valley have sat unopened as state regulations considered revoking Southwest's license after the hospitals received "dozens of citations and more than $300,000 in fines for patient care violations over the past several years," according to the report.
Southwest was initially barred from opening the expansions. The health system, which is operated by Universal Health Services, has since reached an agreement with the Department of Public Health, to keep the system's license.
Read the Press-Enterprise report on Southwest Healthcare System.
Read more coverage on Southwest Healthcare System:
- UHS' Southwest Healthcare Gains Approval for New Hospital in California
- UHS Reaches Agreement With CMS, California Department of Health to Keep Southwest Healthcare System's License