Joseph N. DiStefano

Most Hahnemann admissions come through its emergency department, so shutting the ER would rapidly reduce its patient population toward zero.

Hahnemann University Hospital will stop admitting patients to the hospital through the emergency department. The ER will remain open but patients who need more advanced care will be stabilized and transferred.

When the for-profit Tenet chain put Hahnemann up for sale two years ago, nobody else offered to buy it. It had lost money for more than a decade.

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But people familiar with the hospital’s operations said privately that they see little chance of a last-ditch rescue due to Hahnemann’s antiquated or ineffective admissions, billing and other basic systems.

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