Houston Hospital District Faces Hurdles for Plan to Buy Hospital to Cover Indigent Care

Harris County Hospital District’s plan to buy Memorial Hermann Healthcare System’s 629-bed Southwest medical complex in Houston needs to answer several key questions in the ongoing due diligence process, according to an article in the Houston Chronicle.

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Based on interviews, the Chronicle reported that questions to be addressed include whether a rare blend of public and private elements in the proposal would work and whether the facility would have enough physicians on staff.

The plan, which is needed to meet the district’s rising demand for services by the indigent, has met with a storm of protests from affiliated physicians and others since it was announced two and half weeks ago.

Read the Chronicle‘s report on questions in the proposed sale of a hospital to the Harris County Hospital District.

Read Harris County Hospital District’s original release on the proposed Memorial Hermann Healthcare System sale.

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