Indigent Care Reports Called Into Question at Franklin Hospital
There is a chance the county could take over ownership of Franklin Regional Medical Center. A Louisburg town official said the hospital's current owner is not providing indigent care updates as required by the county.
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The current owner of the hospital, Health Management Associates, is supposed to give yearly updates on how the hospital provides adequate indigent care for the community. But Louisburg Mayor Pro Tem Boyd Sturges said the hospital hasn't been providing those updates.
The county sold the hospital in 1986 under those terms and might explore legal options to take control of it once again, said Sturges.
Hospital administrators said the move is necessary to update their facilities and to take care of the growing population in Youngsville.
“We not only have to look at folks that have better income that are Wake County folks or have access to them, but you have to look at folks in the northern part of the county that are poorer and have less access,” said Sturges during a September interview.
Hospital officials plan to hold another public hearing on the proposed move sometime in January.
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