More About the Closure of Coastside Family Medical Center in California

by francine on March 17, 2009 · 4 comments

in News

This from Barb Neilson, who worked at the clinic for several years: Dear Friends, I suspect that some of you have heard but I wanted to share with you this very sad and upsetting news myself. Coastside Family Medical Center closed it’s doors at noon today permanently and will be filing for bankruptcy. It was a shock to the staff as they only received the news this morning. The administration did everything in their power to make this work but the combination of the economy, increased county patients, insurances slow payments made it impossible for us to purchase things that we needed to give quality healthcare.They have been in many meetings with the County and Mills Peninsula but to no avail.They were only told last night themselves that we were to close today. My concern is for the staff ,needless to say as there are 35 unemployed individuals many of whom are the breadwinners for their families. Please let me know if you have any insight on jobs for some fantastic medical assistants,financial and front desk staff. I am also VERY concerned for the patients especially those who have no transportation, the elderly and the many patients who consider us their friends. People will have access to their medical records and signs have been posted at the clinic with contact info. We are still addressing the issue of medication refills and followup of labs and other tests. Again we were given virtually no notice to but a plan together. Please feel free to share this info as it will be a huge impact on our community Thanks, barb

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  • http://www.4wardfast.com Anthony Cirillo

    I noticed your blog and was interested in seeing if you would like to link to mine and vice versa as we both write about health care issues.

    My blog: http://sickoh.blogspot.com/

    In short I am a health care expert, a 25+ year veteran, an established thought leader who serves on various health care advisory boards. As an example, my article on The Chief Experience Officer became the impetus behind The Cleveland Clinic starting an office of patient experience and a Chief Experience Officer position. In addition, I have consulted overseas and worked on medical tourism projects in selected parts of the world. More at my main web site: http://www.4wardfast.com

    I also have a mission for seniors that manifests in many way.

    http://anthonyssong.blogspot.com/

    In short I am a health care expert that fell into a mission for seniors. That manifests in many ways but at the end of the day my goal is two fold – assure respect and dignity of our elders and advocate for people to learn about and make decisions about aging issues earlier in life.

    Look forward to your reply.

    Best,

    Anthony Cirillo, FACHE, ABC

    704-992-6005

  • http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/ Karoli

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