Hope Creek $5.3M in debt; using credit card to pay vendor
Officials at
"We literally took our credit card -- because we don't have the cash right now -- we have a
He said the amount that must be paid to the staffing agency increased when the demand for nurses was high. "We rely on (GrapeTree). You have to have nurses in there. But the numbers are staggering with the shortage of nurses," he said.
Snider said the county paid
In January, County Auditor
"The most difficult issue we are facing right now is vendor payments," Snider said. "We have well over
"We're doing everything we can to be accountable and responsive to the patients," Snider said. "Our administrative staff at
"It's a tough business. We need to run it like a business, and we need to be accountable like a business because these are taxpayer dollars that are being drained."
Snider said the facility currently owed
Accountant
"Net operating costs are running a loss of about
Gabelmann's report shows total operating expenses for the month of February were
Another wing closed
Snider said a second wing was closed at
The 245-bed facility currently has 141 patients.
"It was a simple management decision to get all the patients on one level and have efficiencies with staff," Snider said.
Interim administrator working
Snider also said
Snider would not comment on reports that Mills did not get along with senior staff members. He attributed Mills' departure to her contract running out.
"She was a very professional, competent administrator," Snider said.
Herman is being paid a rate of
Snider said the county would not search for a permanent administrator until the results of a three-month-long cost benefit analysis by
The
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