CMS Ruling Could Shut the Door on the Medical Center at Elizabeth Place (MCEP)

WHO:   

Rep. Michael Turner to Join Mayor Nan Whaley in support of Medical Center at Elizabeth Place (MCEP) Hospital

WHAT:   

Press conference announcing that CMS (the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) is terminating MCEP from participating in its hospital Medicare and Medicaid programs as of January 18, effectively forcing MCEP out of business.

WHEN:         

Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 at 2 p.m.

WHERE:     

1 Elizabeth Pl., Dayton, Ohio 45417

WHY:       

MCEP has requested an extension for this decision which CMS has denied. A closure means residents already reeling from the recent closures of nearby hospitals will lose more access to quality care and timely access to hospital care. 90 Nurses and other health care staff will be out of work and businesses that rely on hospital traffic will suffer. CMS needs to reconsider its position and, at the very least, grant MCEP additional time to continue to serve the inner-city residents of Dayton while MCEP works toward satisfying the requirements at issue. 

INTERVIEWS:

US Representative Michael Turner, 10^th District

Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley

Reverend Dr. Rockney Carter, Senior Pastor of Zion Baptist Church

Dr. John Fleishman, MCEP President & Board Chairman

Beth Johnson, MCEP CEO

MCEP Patients