Hospital’s Teen Psych Unit to Remain Open
From Times Staff Reports
Northridge Hospital Medical Center on Tuesday rescinded its threat to close the San Fernando Valley’s only adolescent psychiatric unit after reaching a deal that will limit the number of Medi-Cal patients in the program.
Hospital officials originally feared that new county rules would force them to admit more Medi-Cal patients than the hospital could afford. On Tuesday, county officials informally agreed to cap the number of Medi-Cal patients at the 11-bed unit to one or two at a time.
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