{"id":314704,"date":"2022-08-30T13:52:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T20:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=314704"},"modified":"2022-08-30T13:52:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T20:52:18","slug":"fletcher-says-alvarado-hospital-deal-is-good-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/fletcher-says-alvarado-hospital-deal-is-good-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Fletcher says Alvarado Hospital deal is good for all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Chair Nathan Fletcher, and the San Diego County Board of Supervisors <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">tener<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> approved a new plan to develop a Central Region Behavioral Health Hub at Alvarado Hospital. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It will create 44 new acute inpatient beds along with a built-in Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU), Emergency Psychiatric Unit (EPU), and additional services to meet the mental health and addiction treatment needs of San Diegans.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">El <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/bosagenda.sandiegocounty.gov\/cob\/cosd\/cob\/doc?id=0901127e80efd374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alvarado Hospital agreement<\/a> <\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">is supported by Fletcher because it will allow the County to move quickly to stand-up the new facility, and it will <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">reportedly <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">be more cost-effective for taxpayers. Alvarado Hospital will be the licensed operator, the County will serve as the health plan, and UC San Diego Health will provide medical oversight. The new Behavioral Health Hub is projected to open by the end of 2023.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This agreement will allow us to bring online the services we envisioned for the Central Regional Behavioral Health Hub much faster,\u201d said Fletcher. \u201cIt also gives us the ability to create greater capacity across the entire system because it frees up our resources and allows us to provide more post-acute and long-term care services throughout the region.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This new approach is a pivot from <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supervisornathanfletcher.com\/content\/d4\/en\/newsroom\/newsfeed\/032519.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the original plan Chair Fletcher introduced in 2019<\/a> <\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">t<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">o turn a dilapidated parcel the County-owned on 3rd Avenue in Hillcrest into a Behavioral Health Hub. Now, Fletcher and County staff are planning to use the 3rd Avenue site to provide long-term care services.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It is important for us to always look for a better way to provide services,\u201d said Fletcher. Using the 3rd Avenue location to service the long-term care needs of people, we are going to help fill a major gap in the system that exists right now.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Next month, the County\u2019s Behavioral Health Department will release new data on bed capacity in the San Diego County region, and that data will help drive decision-making on the right mix of services for the 3rd Avenue property in Hillcrest.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The original plan for the Hub in Hillcrest was expected to cost upwards of $400 million, but the new approach is estimated to cost $130 million, and include multiple locations.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">To learn more about the Alvarado Hospital agreement, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/bosagenda.sandiegocounty.gov\/cob\/cosd\/cob\/doc?id=0901127e80efd374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">haga clic aqu\u00ed<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Alvarado Hospital is located on Alvarado Road adjacent to San Diego State University. In serving the College Area, it is one of only a pair of hospitals in East County. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Cr\u00e9dito de la foto: Pixabay.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chair Nathan Fletcher, and the San Diego County Board of Supervisors have approved a new plan to develop a Central Region Behavioral Health Hub at Alvarado Hospital. 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