![]() ![]() ![]() “We are also in the process of reaching out directly to impacted vendors to update them on our progress and assure them of our commitment to them.”īut it will take considerable reassurance for vendors who, according to state records, in 2018 saw their bills stay on the hospital’s books for an average of 102 days. “We expect to have these issues resolved and our local vendor partners paid by the end of the year – a process which has already begun,” the spokesman said. Others say they grudgingly take on new projects for the hospital without having been paid for prior work, including some who say they are owed for work from six months to a year ago or even longer.Īfter being informed about this story, a spokesman for Sebastian River late Monday acknowledged the slow-pay problem, and attributed it to new owner Steward Health Care’s rapid growth and systems integration issues. Some vendors say they have considered legal action but are fearful of scaring off new customers. But will it mean the hospital will start paying its bills any faster?Īccording to multiple businesses and government entities, Sebastian River Medical Center has developed a reputation for maddening delays in paying invoices, delays that have agencies issuing fines and vendors refusing them services. ![]() That turnaround, should it prove true, would be good news for the hospital, one of 36 in a for-profit national chain. Sebastian River Medical Center’s out-going president, Kyle Sanders, claims patients are finally coming back to the hospital, after state records show admissions last year were at their second-lowest point in a decade. ![]()
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