Surgeries have been postponed because health care providers don’t have needed resources. At the center of these complaints are increasing calls for an overhaul of the state’s approval process, known as certificate of need, or CON. Hill is one of a growing number of health care providers, lawmakers and local officials angry that the state has not yet approved the sale of the Prospect Medical Holdings-owned hospitals despite increasing fears about their ability to survive without a speedy takeover. “I walked out of that hearing thinking, ‘This went great and will get approved quickly,’ and yet here we are,” Hill said in a recent interview with The Connecticut Mirror. And conditions at the three hospitals - which suffered a devastating cyberattack in August and owe vendors millions of dollars - are decidedly worse. David Hill testified in favor of a major acquisition he felt was crucial to the survival of the hospital he’s worked at for 26 years - a deal for Yale New Haven Health to purchase Waterbury Hospital, where Hill is an attending physician, and hospitals in Manchester and Vernon.īut seven months later, the agreement is still awaiting sign-off by the state Office of Health Strategy, despite twice clearing federal antitrust requirements and receiving no opposition at the public hearing Hill attended in April.
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