Even as the pandemic sent a shock through Tower Health s shaky finances, the West Reading-based health system continued to open more urgent care centers.
Since it announced layoffs of 1,000 employees in June, Tower has opened seven new urgent care centers in Chester, Montgomery and Berks counties.Â
The most recent opening in Hamburg follows Tower s restructuring of its physician practices, Tower Health Medical Group, affecting nearly 200 doctors and other staff. The consolidation is expected to improve Tower s financial performance by $70 million by the end of June.
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All told Tower now operates 28 urgent care facilities. It is one of the largest urgent care groups in southeastern Pennsylvania.Â
May 24, 2021
Berks Connections/Pretrial Services (BCPS) has kicked off its virtual celebration of the honorees receiving BCPS’s annual Life Improvement Awards! To hear their compelling stories, watch the individual awardee videos on BCPS’s website, www.BerksConnections.org.
The Paul J. Hoh Life Improvement Award recognizes an individual, organization or second chance employer that has furthered the mission of BCPS by improving the lives of incarcerated individuals, reentrants and their families. Paul Hoh, this award’s namesake, is one of BCPS’s founders and was the first board president. Receiving the Paul J. Hoh award: Tracy Davidheiser – Tower Health Medical Group’s Street Medicine (Posthumous), Brandon Sands – SAM, AcryLabs – employer, Diebolt Landscaping – employer, and Morgan Corporation – employer.
Financially troubled Tower Health announced to its employees today that it would restructure its medical group, impacting nearly 200 doctors and other staff in a move to improve its finances.
It is not yet clear which practices will be impacted, but a spokesman said the restructuring will touch the whole system, including doctors practices in Berks, Montgomery and Chester counties.
Tower Health is based in West Reading.
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The impacted practices will be announcing options to their patients via letters, a spokesman said. Some offices will close while others will consolidate. Some practices will be aligned with a different health system. It is not clear yet which practices are affected in which way.Â
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