Erlanger Health System in Tennessee in the Red Amidst CEO’s Departure

Erlanger Health System, based in Chattanooga, Tenn., lost nearly $3.2 million in operations in November, the same month the hospital system announced former president and CEO Jim Brexler would be leaving, according to a Chattanooga Times Free Press report.

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For the fiscal year, which began in July for Erlanger, the health system has a total of $6.4 million in operations losses, according to the report. Erlanger administrators had projected it would have a surplus of nearly $4 million by the end of November.

Admissions were 9.1 percent higher than Erlanger witnessed last November, and physician outpatient visits increased 27.8 percent. Interim CEO Charlesetta Woodard-Thompson declined to comment about the system’s finances.

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