Saint Michael's Medical Center Bought by Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. - Health Professionals & Allied Employees

Saint Michael’s Medical Center Bought by Prime Healthcare Services, Inc.

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CORPORATE STRUCTURE
Saint Michael’s Medical Center was non-profit hospital founded by the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor in 1867. It is a 357-bed regional, tertiary-care, teaching and research hospital in downtown Newark. It was the first hospital in New Jersey to perform open-heart surgery as well as develop a cardiac catherterization program. St. Michael’s declared bankruptcy in August of 2015 in order to get out from under payments to the New Jersey Healthcare Facilities Financing Authority for a $228 million bond debt to the state. The 2013 IRS Form 990 for St. Mike’s lists total revenue at $192.3 million and negative net assets at $-246.9 million. The sale of St. Michael’s was finalized May 10, 2016.

Prime Healthcare Services was founded in 2001 by Dr. Prem Reddy and currently owns 42 hospitals in 14 states with nearly 42,000 employees. It is a privately owned for-profit company that “rescues financially distressed hospitals” and was named “the Fastest Growing Hospital System” in the country by Modern Healthcare. Prime also owns St. Mary’s Hospital in Passaic and St. Clare’s in Denville, Dover, and Boonton Township. Because it is a privately owned company, Prime Healthcare Services’ financial information is not available, although Hoover’s estimates annual revenue for 2016 at $3.11 billion.

 

CERTIFICATE OF NEED CONDITIONS SET BY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Because this was a purchase of a non-profit hospital by a for-profit entity, the DOH Certificate of Need (CN) process must be followed in addition to the Attorney General’s Community Health Care Assets Protection Act (CHAPA) process. With the CN process come a set of conditions made in the Staff Recommendations report and set by the Commissioner of DOH.  The Staff Recommendations/ Commissioner conditions set on Prime for the purchase of St. Michael’s include:

  • Prime agrees to retain substantially all of the current employees of St. Michael’s. Six months after licensure, Prime St. Michael’s shall document to the Division the number of full-time, part-time and per diem employees retained and provide the rationale for any work force reductions.
  • Within 12 months of licensure, and annually thereafter for 5 years, Prime must provide to the Division its plan to: reduce unnecessary and duplicative services and excess inpatient beds; its plan for addressing the need to expand or add ambulatory care services; and capital improvement plans, including physical plant improvements, equipment upgrades, and additions (including IT) and any other capital projects.
  • Prime must invest in programs designed to improve public health, community health services, and health and wellness; within 12 months Prime must provide the Division with a written sustainability plan detailing how it intends to ensure the financial viability of such programs.
  • Prime must participate in and cooperate with the Greater Newark Healthcare Coalition in it regional planning activities.

Prime’s acquisition of St. Michael’s was finalized on May 3, 2016.

PRIME HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC. HOSPITAL LIST

CALIFORNIA

  • Alvarado Hospital Medical Center
  • Centinela Hospital Medical Center
  • Chino Valley Medical Center
  • Desert Valley Hospital
  • Desert Valley Medical Group
  • Encino Hospital Medical Center
  • Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center
  • Glendora Community Hospital
  • Huntington Beach Hospital
  • La Palma Intercommunity Hospital
  • Montclair Hospital Medical Center
  • Paradise Valley Hospital
  • San Dimas Community Hospital
  • Shasta Regional Medical Center
  • Shasta Regional Medical Group
  • Sherman Oaks Hospital
  • West Anaheim Medical Center

KANSAS

  • Providence Medical Group
  • Providence Place Rehabilitation Center
  • Saint John Hospital

PENNSYLVANIA

  • Lower Bucks Hospital
  • Roxborough Memorial Hospital
  • Suburban Community Hospital

TEXAS

  • Dallas Medical Center
  • Dallas Medical Physician Group
  • Dallas Regional Medical Center
  • Harlingen Medical Center
  • Knapp Medical Center
  • Pampa Regional Medical Center

RHODE ISLAND

  • Landmark Medical Center
  • Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island

NEVADA

  • North Vista Hospital
  • Saint Mary’s Medical Group
  • Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center

INDIANA

  • Monroe Hospital

MICHIGAN

  • Garden City Hospital
  • Lake Huron Medical Center

NEW JERSEY

  • Saint Clare’s Hospital – Boonton Township
  • Saint Clare’s Hospital – Denville
  • Saint Clare’s Hospital – Dover General
  • St. Mary’s Hospital New Jersey
  • St. Michael’s Medical Center

MISSOURI

  • Saint Joseph Medical Center
  • Saint Mary’s Medical Center

ALABAMA

  • Riverview Regional Medical Center

FLORIDA

  • Lehigh Regional Medical Center

OHIO

  • East Liverpool City Hospital

GEORGIA

  • Southern Regional Medical Center

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