NASHVILLE – Amid continuing financial losses at the Southside and Dodson Avenue community health centers, Erlanger Health System on Wednesday fired the four top administrators and now plans to dissolve the federally qualified health centers’ board.
Erlanger CEO Kevin Spiegel said in an interview the moves came after the centers, which serve uninsured and underinsured Chattanoogans, suffered more than $2 million in losses in the fiscal year that ended June 30.
“They lost an additional $2.3 million,” Spiegel said. “Myself and my team have made it clear that is unacceptable fiscal management. And they [four top managers] have been removed effective today.”
Moreover, there were issues with patient satisfaction, Spiegel said.
Erlanger, a public hospital, is now moving to the co-applicant agreement it and the board have with the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration government.