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Old 04-15-2019, 05:11 AM
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Originally Posted by cwolff View Post
How is it possible for the Villages regional hospital to have such poor ratings. One star? Three friends said don't ever go there including a doctor and his wife who is a nurse. They appear to be understaffed. The doctor had to insist the nurse read his chart to get his meds on time. This place is a disgrace. How can the Villages allow this to ho on?
The only hospitals within 50 miles of the 32162 zip code with more than a two-star CMS rating do not offer emergency services. The ratings have a lot to do with how the ratings are calculated and demographics. The newer CMS ratings methodology is not kind to hospitals with a large medicaid/medicare population. Readmission rates also contribute to the ratings and our population is older with more chronic issues that are not entirely "curable" which oftentimes leads to additional complications.

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I am not suggesting there isn't room for improvement but it's not like The Villages Regional Hospital is an outlier in this area. The problem is the broader Villages community is underserved. Many hospitals and health networks are "for-profit" and the large medicare population simply is not an attractive market for competition. The community needs more facilities and staff but in order for that to happen there needs to be a sufficiently compelling economic incentive. Like it or not, that's the way our healthcare system works.

Until people stop moving to The Villages due to lagging healthcare facilities and/or poor care the developer is also not likely to take this challenge on alone. The Villages has grown tremendously over the last 15 years and is likely to continue its phenomenal expansion. When is the last time a new hospital was constructed within the community?

Last edited by GoPacers; 04-15-2019 at 05:22 AM.