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After the high-profile closure of King-Harbor Hospital (formerly known as King-Drew) yet another hospital in South Los Angeles is being shut down. This time it’s Daniel Freeman hospital, part of the Centinela Freeman Health System. Freeman, which would be the third hospital to close in Inglewood in the past three years, was recently bought by Prime Healthcare Services Inc. Prime Healthcare is an Inland Empire-based hospital chain operated by a cardiologist named Dr. Prem Reddy and is one of the fastest growing hospital chains in Southern California. However, Prime Healthcare’s business model has come under increasing scrutiny by state officials, health care advocates and patients. This model includes a cancellation of all private health insurance contracts so that the hospitals can collect steeper reimbursements from insurers. It also includes closing down crucial patient services such as mental health care, chemotherapy and radiation, in favor of more lucrative services such as surgery and cardiology. In the case of Daniel Freeman, the entire hospital faces closure with all units except Radiation Oncology and Physical Therapy having been shut down. A project that helps vulnerable patients navigate their way through the health system is also being threatened. After the closure of King-Harbor Hospital, which was a severe blow for low-income South LA residents, the end of Daniel Freeman’s operations could mean an even greater struggle for decent health care. <\/p>\n NOTE: As of this morning, workers at the two remaining departments at Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital have received termination notices. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" | the entire program GUEST: Michael Steinberg, Radiation Oncologist at Daniel Freeman Hospital After the high-profile closure of King-Harbor Hospital (formerly known as King-Drew) yet another hospital in South Los Angeles is being shut down. This time it’s Daniel Freeman hospital, part of the Centinela Freeman Health System. Freeman, which would be the third hospital […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Daniel](\"http:\/\/www3.cancer.gov\/rrp\/CDRP\/images\/dfmh.jpg\")
GUEST: Michael Steinberg, Radiation Oncologist at Daniel Freeman Hospital<\/em><\/p>\n