Summa Health is still waiting for a response from the Ohio Department of Medicaid about their status as a “distressed hospital.” A group of bipartisan state lawmakers sent a letter to the department yesterday asking for state and federal funding for the overloaded hospital system.
President and CEO Dr. Cliff Deveny says they're still overwhelmed with cases from the delta variant of COVID-19 as well as cases of the flu and the new omicron variant.
If given the resources, Deveny says Summa Health will be able to hire more nurses and better deal with supply chain issues.
“Medical systems, health systems are suffering the same price gauging and the inflation that we’re seeing the public is dealing with.”
In a statement, the Ohio Department of Medicaid said they are reviewing the Summa Health request.
