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CARBONDALE — Maxis Health System, the parent company of Marian Community Hospital, announced Wednesday that it will not pursue opening an outpatient care facility after the hospital closes at the end of the month.
Since announcing that it would be closing the hospital’s doors on Feb. 28, Maxis had been exploring the possibility of providing urgent care, imaging and laboratory services on its current campus. After assessing the need for these services, the number of doctors likely to refer their patients to such a facility and evaluating other companies’ intentions to offer the same services, said Mary Theresa Vautrinot, president and chief executive officer of Maxis Health System, the company decided to close the hospital down completely.
“Over the last 60 days, we have focused on whether or not there was a need for Maxis to maintain an outpatient presence in the Carbondale community,” Vautrinot said, “Based on the existing primary care services currently available, and the expressed intention of other providers to enhance their outpatient presence in Carbondale, we have decided that there is not sufficient reason for Maxis to introduce or maintain outpatient services in the community.”
According to Lisa Champeau, the public relations manager for Wayne Memorial Health System (WMHS), one of her company’s affiliates has been investigating the possibility of opening an outpatient services office or an urgent care in Carbondale since Maxis announced its intention to close, but no plans have yet been finalized.
“There have been a lot of strategy discussions going on,” she said, “and there is a strong possibility that we will have an increased presence in the Carbondale area, but right now we really don’t know what form that presence might take.”
Champeau says Wayne Memorial Hospital has already seen an uptick in the number of emergency room visits since Maxis announced its intention to close Marian Community Hospital, as well as an increased number of potential employees applying for jobs.
At a time when mergers, takeovers and acquisitions among the big for-profit hospitals in the Scranton area have people wondering which hospital will be available for them in the future, Champeau took pains to point out that WMHS remains strong and has not had to lay off any employees. In fact, she says with Bon Secours hospital in Port Jervis recently closing its obstetrics unit, WMHS has recently hired a new OB/GYN doctor and has plans to hire another.
CARBONDALE — Maxis Health System, the parent company of Marian Community Hospital, announced Wednesday that it will not pursue opening an outpatient care facility after the hospital closes at the end of the month.
Since announcing that it would be closing the hospital’s doors on Feb. 28, Maxis had been exploring the possibility of providing urgent care, imaging and laboratory services on its current campus. After assessing the need for these services, the number of doctors likely to refer their patients to such a facility and evaluating other companies’ intentions to offer the same services, said Mary Theresa Vautrinot, president and chief executive officer of Maxis Health System, the company decided to close the hospital down completely.
“Over the last 60 days, we have focused on whether or not there was a need for Maxis to maintain an outpatient presence in the Carbondale community,” Vautrinot said, “Based on the existing primary care services currently available, and the expressed intention of other providers to enhance their outpatient presence in Carbondale, we have decided that there is not sufficient reason for Maxis to introduce or maintain outpatient services in the community.”
According to Lisa Champeau, the public relations manager for Wayne Memorial Health System (WMHS), one of her company’s affiliates has been investigating the possibility of opening an outpatient services office or an urgent care in Carbondale since Maxis announced its intention to close, but no plans have yet been finalized.
“There have been a lot of strategy discussions going on,” she said, “and there is a strong possibility that we will have an increased presence in the Carbondale area, but right now we really don’t know what form that presence might take.”
Champeau says Wayne Memorial Hospital has already seen an uptick in the number of emergency room visits since Maxis announced its intention to close Marian Community Hospital, as well as an increased number of potential employees applying for jobs.
At a time when mergers, takeovers and acquisitions among the big for-profit hospitals in the Scranton area have people wondering which hospital will be available for them in the future, Champeau took pains to point out that WMHS remains strong and has not had to lay off any employees. In fact, she says with Bon Secours hospital in Port Jervis recently closing its obstetrics unit, WMHS has recently hired a new OB/GYN doctor and has plans to hire another.
