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REEDLEY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Sierra Kings Health Care District is taking steps to support the metropolis of Reedley's tiny infirmary moving smoothly.
"Adventist Health is not going anywhere," said Chief Operating Officer of Adventist Health Tim Haydock.
Local lawmakers and metropolis leaders spoke Tuesday astir however they program to prolong the infirmary for years to come.
Healthcare officials led a treatment focused connected plans for the Reedley hospital. The CEO of Sierra Kings Health Care District says determination are challenges unsocial to agrarian communities.
"Small agrarian hospitals conflict with fiscal solvency. And truthful a fewer years ago, the Sierra Kings had the contented to transportation the infirmary implicit to Adventist Health," said CEO of Sierra Kings Health Care District Chinayera Black Hardaman.
"Today is an accidental for america conscionable to bash benignant of a municipality hall, bring unneurotic Adventist Health with our section elected officials from metropolis council, from schoolhouse boards, our legislative representative, and say, let's speech astir the aboriginal of our hospital," she said.
Because the Trump administration's alleged "Big Beautiful Bill" reduces Medi-Cal reimbursements.
"That's going to interaction the revenues of immoderate hospital. And truthful portion of the strategy is knowing that that's going to hap and strategizing connected however to mitigate the possibly the deficits that mightiness beryllium created by that," Hardaman said.
Hospital leaders accidental helping patients navigate the changes is 1 of their apical priorities.
"We've got to bash much assistance radical to navigate the re-application process due to the fact that radical volition beryllium asked to reapply much frequently. So that's truly our biggest interest is the assemblage members that mightiness autumn done those cracks," said Haydock.
Another issue: seismic compliance.
"If this is coming, if seismic compliance is coming, if reduced Medical reimbursement is coming, past let's beryllium down unneurotic and marque retired a program truthful that our infirmary volition survive," said Hardaman.
For CEO Chinayera Black Hardaman, the conversations successful the country marked an important measurement towards gathering spot and making definite their healthcare doesn't endure the aforesaid destiny arsenic adjacent vale hospitals.
Madera Community Hospital reopened this year aft closing its doors successful 2022.
"We don't privation thing to sneak up connected america similar what we've seen hap to immoderate of our person hospitals, Madera Community and others that are struggling close now. We privation to beryllium proactive and speech to our assemblage leaders," Hardaman said.
