A CONTRACT DISPUTE BETWEEN ADVENTHEALTH-OTTAWA AND OTTAWA FAMILY PHYSICIANS IS CAUSING WAVES FAR BEYOUND JUST THE CONTRACT, RESULTING IN OFP WITHDRAWING ITS PARTICIPATION IN ADMITTING AND SEEING PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITAL. SEVERAL PEOPLE APPEARED AT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMISSION TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SITUATION. ADVENTHEALTH-OTTAWA CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, HARMAT BEEBE, SAYS THE WITHDRAWAL WAS ENTIRELY ON OFP’S INITIATIVE;
SEVERAL PEOPLE ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT WHAT THEY SEE AS A DECLINNING STANDARD OF CARE AT THE HOSPITAL.
THE ADVENTHEALTH-OTTAWA BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING IS THIS AFTERNOON AT 4:30, IN THE ADVENT HEALTH CONFERENCE ROOMS. IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND, YOU MIGHT GET THERE EARLY AS THE HOSPITAL DOORS AUTOMATICALLY LOCK AT 4:30
