George Washington University Deeply Frustrated With Hospital's Majority Owner

[TexasTowelie]

George Washington University wants a better deal with the majority-owner of its namesake hospital in Foggy Bottom.

Universal Health Services, Inc. has operated GW Hospital since 1997, when it bought an 80 percent stake, with the university owning the rest. The two entities have recently publicly clashed over UHS’ desire to expand the Foggy Bottom campus hospital, a move that neighborhood groups and ultimately the university itself opposed.

Now, GW University says it wants a “wholesale new agreement” with UHS.

“Despite our repeated attempts to make improvements, the arrangement with UHS no longer provides for the needs of the community, the local health system, students, or the medical staff,” GW University President Thomas LeBlanc wrote in an internal email to staff on Tuesday morning.

Read more: https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/city-desk/article/21072676/george-washington-university-deeply-frustrated-with-hospitals-majority-owner

[Freddie]

1. I worked for a UHS hospital

They were horrible. They bought a small community hospital and tried to make a profit. Who cares what the patients need as long as you keep payroll within parameters. Almost the entire staff (including myself) left. Then UHS decided they couldn’t make a profit in our market and sold the hospital to a regional health network.