Crozer Health, the struggling four-hospital system in Delaware County, and its parent company Prospect Medical Holdings, have at times been unable to pay vendors and contractors who provide vital services to patients at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, according to staff.
“Trident is a company that inserts something called a PICC line, and IV lines for us. It’s not a central line. It’s not that invasive, but it’s just not your standard peripheral IV line. It really is beneficial to patients. We weren’t able to get that service, because that bill had not been paid and that was pretty significant,” said Peggy Malone, president of the Crozer-Chester Nurses Association.
TridentCare declined to comment, WHYY reports. While the hospital has since paid that particular bill, Malone pointed to a recurring pattern: one bill gets paid while another gets ignored. Read more.
