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Parties reach settlement
Drummond relocates
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| Giving a swift kick to the old emergency transport gurney at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital, RRH CEO Jim Suver and some RRH ER nurses glady accept a new donated one from Mercy Air 14 flight crew of Mojave. Shown are Mercy Business and Safety Director Steven Karnazes and Jaime Polopulas, Mercy Air Business Development, replacing the outmoded equipment with a $1,000 state-of-the-art model. Photo by Laura Austin |
By ADAM L. R. SUMMERS
News Review Staff Writer
News Review Staff Writer
Drummond Medical Group, its
associated physicians and more than
a dozen healthcare providers who
saw patients in the building that
housed Drummond for decades have
relocated to another local medical
office.
The move ends months of
speculation about the future of the
group, which was a landmark in the
community’s healthcare system. But
questions about the group’s finances
and business ethics are still being
raised by one of Drummond’s major
creditors.
A bitter past
Previous reports have detailed how
Drummond slowly atrophied from a
near-monopoly on local outpatient
healthcare services to a small group
of doctors facing reimbursement cuts
and massive overhead, primarily from
a building and support staff designed
to support more providers.
associated physicians and more than
a dozen healthcare providers who
saw patients in the building that
housed Drummond for decades have
relocated to another local medical
office.
The move ends months of
speculation about the future of the
group, which was a landmark in the
community’s healthcare system. But
questions about the group’s finances
and business ethics are still being
raised by one of Drummond’s major
creditors.
A bitter past
Previous reports have detailed how
Drummond slowly atrophied from a
near-monopoly on local outpatient
healthcare services to a small group
of doctors facing reimbursement cuts
and massive overhead, primarily from
a building and support staff designed
to support more providers.
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