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Doctor hospital of west covina8/9/2023 ![]() ![]() “We almost closed right away,” Valoria said. The hospital had lost its accreditation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations in 1977, the year before the doctors took over, because of serious violations. Valoria, who became the chief of medical staff at the 76-bed facility, remembers the nightmare of regulatory problems that the new owners had to straighten out. And for Valoria and his colleagues at Covina Valley, it wasn’t smooth sailing for quite a while. Clearly, doctors are influential in bringing in other physicians” and their patients.īut the changes don’t happen overnight. ![]() Rappoport said: “There are physicians practicing there who were not before. “The patient mix has improved considerably, with more commercial and private insurance-holders than (those on) Medicare or Medi-Cal,” he added. Since the Terrace Plaza agreement was signed, patient admissions are up 10% and “fairly lucrative” outpatient surgeries are up 20% at the 95-bed facility, said hospital spokesman David Watkins. “They are more receptive to suggestions that can be cost effective and are more concerned about quality of care because (their own hospital) becomes the only facility they use,” Rappoport said. “Every physician would like their hospital to have the latest in technology,” said Ken Rappoport, vice chairman of Nu-Med Hospitals Inc., a 14-hospital chain that signed a joint-venture agreement in 1988 with about 30 doctors at Terrace Plaza.īut in a joint venture, when physicians select equipment, they are more interested in making sure that it will be used enough to justify the cost, he said. ![]()
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