Rehab Hospital of the Pacific to close clinics; lay off 14 - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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It also is in negotiations to sell two Neighbo r Island outpatient clinics in Kihei on Maui and in Kona on the Big Islandr to a group ofphysical therapists, whic h would affect approximately another 15 employees. CEO Claire Jones told PBN on Tuesday that the hospitak will close its Ewa clinicv at Hawaii Medical Center West onApril 24. The second clinic at the Mililanki Town Center will closeMay 22. He said some of the 14 employeesa affected by the closingxs have reapplied for jobs withthe hospital's main facilitg in Nuuanu.
Jones said the hospital needse to downsize the more nonacut therapy services to make up for the continued declineein reimbursements, rising costs and regulatory mandates, all of which were made more challenging by the "We took a look at the operation and given our limited resourcew and assets, we said we would focus on our core inpatienf rehab services and some selectec outpatient clinics," he said.
"It was a tough The Honolulu-based hospital operates a total of seven outpatient clinics statewide in addition to itsmain 100-bed inpatient facilith in Nuuanu and employs a total of 450 That leaves two clinics on Oahu — at Pearlridg Center in Aiea and its Nuuanuu hospital — and one in Hilo on the Big The nonprofit Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific, established in has an annual operating budget of about $37 million and treatw approximately 8,000 patients a year.