{"id":170104,"date":"2025-12-05T20:09:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/170104\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T20:09:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:09:16","slug":"ohio-hospitals-closure-leaves-disappointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/170104\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio hospital\u2019s closure leaves disappointment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When Insight Health Systems purchased the Trumbull Regional Medical Center<\/a> in Warren, Ohio amidst the turmoil from Steward Health Care\u2019s bankruptcy, local residents cheered the preservation of its hospital.<\/p>\n

Now, a little over a year later, the hospital, now called Insight Hospital & Medical Center Trumbull, has been shuttered for much of the year and its future is uncertain.<\/p>\n

The hospital has lost its certification from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The Ohio Department of Health is moving to revoke the facility\u2019s license.<\/p>\n

The medical center closed its doors just before Thanksgiving. The Ohio health department sent notification in November that it was moving to revoke its license, and Insight has requested a hearing. The health department says a date for the hearing has not been scheduled.<\/p>\n

The hospital’s website<\/a> states, “We are currently on diversion for all services as of 9:00 AM November 26, 2025. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, please call 911.”<\/p>\n

Insight has said it\u2019s working to reopen the facility. While the facility could have remained open until that hearing, the medical center closed all services Nov. 26.<\/p>\n

The medical center closed its doors in March<\/a>, but reopened its emergency room in October. But the hospital closed all services again last week.<\/p>\n

In an email, the Ohio Department of Health said it \u201cproposed to revoke the hospital\u2019s state licensure, for violations including failing to properly heat the facility and failing to provide appropriate care for a patient.\u201d The department notified Insight of its plans Nov. 17.<\/p>\n

The Ohio health department said the action follows a series of health department inspections dating back to September. And the department said it stepped up its inspections after the medical center lost its Medicare certification.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith CMS no longer certifying the facility, ODH expanded its monitoring to include both life safety codes (deferred maintenance and equipment) as well as patient care and safety concerns,\u201d the department said in its email. \u201cAfter further ODH inspections revealed new violations, the department sent Insight the notice of intention to revoke state licensure.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CMS said in October<\/a> that the medical center had fallen short of requirements to participate in Medicare, including discharge planning and certain requirements under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.<\/p>\n

CMS said the Medicare program would not make payment for inpatient hospital services after Oct. 10, and said it would pay for patients admitted before that date for up to 30 days.<\/p>\n

Insight told WKBN-TV<\/a> that the Ohio Department of Health has placed roadblocks affecting its Medicare certification, and disputed the health department\u2019s assessment of the medical center, saying \u201cthe clinical and facility care has been outstanding.\u201d \u201cBecause of the department\u2019s inaccurate accusations and setting back the reopening process, the hospital is not able to function in a sustainable manner,\u201d Insight told WKBN.<\/p>\n

Warren Mayor Doug Franklin told WKBN-TV that he was dismayed by the hospital\u2019s closure last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very disappointed and frustrated, in a word, just because I know the amount of work, correspondence and the effort that has been put into the reopening of the hospital,\u201d Franklin said.<\/p>\n

An attempt for comment from Insight wasn\u2019t successful.<\/p>\n

Based in Flint, Michigan, Insight announced a deal to acquire the Trumbull medical center and Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital in September 2024. Both facilities are based in Warren, a city of 39,000 just over an hour from Cleveland.<\/p>\n

Insight acquired the facilities just days before Steward Health Care had planned to close the facilities. Steward, the for-profit system based in Dallas, Texas, filed for bankruptcy last year<\/a> and sold off most of its hospitals.<\/p>\n

The Hillside facility, renamed Insight Rehabilitation Hospital Hillside, also closed its doors in the spring and has yet to reopen. Insight sent a notice<\/a> to the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services in March that it was laying off all 143 employees at Hillside.<\/p>\n

The Ohio Nurses Association denounced the loss of nursing jobs and reduced access to care. Rick Lucas, president and executive director of the Ohio Nurses Association, said in July<\/a> that the group wants clarity about the possible future plans for the Hillside site.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe closure of Hillside wasn\u2019t just the shutdown of a building \u2014 it ripped away critical rehabilitative services from patients recovering from strokes, surgeries, and life-altering conditions,\u201d Lucas said in July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Insight Health Systems purchased the Trumbull Regional Medical Center in Warren, Ohio amidst the turmoil from Steward…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[163,521,85,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-170104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}