Summa Health /news/tags/summa-health Summa Health en-US Copyright Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:06:59 GMT Summa Health finalizes acquisition deal with venture capital firm /health/2024-11-07/summa-health-finalizes-acquisition-deal-with-venture-capital-firm The acquisition between Health Assurance Transformation Corporation, or HATCo, and Summa Health, was finalized Thursday. Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:06:59 GMT /health/2024-11-07/summa-health-finalizes-acquisition-deal-with-venture-capital-firm Stephanie Metzger-Lawrence, Taylor Wizner Venture capital firm HATCo on track to acquire Summa Health by end of 2024 /health/2024-07-18/venture-capital-firm-hatco-on-track-to-acquire-summa-health-by-end-of-2024 Summa Health announced the plan to be acquired by Health Assurance Transformation Corporation in January. The move will make the nonprofit hospital system a for profit business. Fri, 19 Jul 2024 01:48:59 GMT /health/2024-07-18/venture-capital-firm-hatco-on-track-to-acquire-summa-health-by-end-of-2024 Abigail Bottar Nonprofit Summa Health to be acquired by private venture capital firm /health/2024-01-17/nonprofit-summa-health-to-be-acquired-by-private-venture-capital-firm Summa Health announced it signed a letter of intent to be acquired by HATCo Wednesday. The nonprofit hospital system will become private and for-profit under the acquisition. Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:30:35 GMT /health/2024-01-17/nonprofit-summa-health-to-be-acquired-by-private-venture-capital-firm Summa Health to open new behavioral health hospital in Akron /health/2023-01-11/summa-health-to-open-new-behavioral-health-hospital-in-akron Summa Health is opening a new 64-bed mental health and addiction hospital on its main campus in Downtown Akron this month, replacing its historic St. Thomas Campus, where services are winding down. Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:35:26 GMT /health/2023-01-11/summa-health-to-open-new-behavioral-health-hospital-in-akron Taylor Wizner Akron's Summa Health is sued for alleged sperm mix-up that was exposed by Ancestry home DNA test /news/health-science/2022-02-03/akrons-summa-health-is-sued-for-alleged-sperm-mix-up-that-was-exposed-by-ancestry-home-dna-test Jessica Harvey Galloway asked for an Ancestry.com DNA test for Christmas in 2020, in the hopes of discovering relatives in Europe. What she found instead was that her father is not biologically related to her, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday. Thu, 03 Feb 2022 20:16:02 GMT /news/health-science/2022-02-03/akrons-summa-health-is-sued-for-alleged-sperm-mix-up-that-was-exposed-by-ancestry-home-dna-test Lisa Ryan Morning Headlines: Akron’s COVID testing site to close; Hiram ends partnership with Hudson schools /news/2022-01-14/morning-headlines-akrons-covid-testing-site-to-close-hiram-ends-partnership-with-hudson-schools The COVID-19 drive-thru testing site at Summa Health’s Akron headquarters will close Sunday due to a steep drop in demand; Hudson schools is losing a partner in its college credit courses following a scandal surrounding parents’ angry reaction to a writing prompt; The Cleveland Clinic is pledging $50 million to help make city homes safe from lead paint; and more stories. Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:51:18 GMT /news/2022-01-14/morning-headlines-akrons-covid-testing-site-to-close-hiram-ends-partnership-with-hudson-schools Amanda Rabinowitz, J. Nungesser Morning Headlines: Ohio reports two-day total of 20,000 COVID cases; Mass testing site to open in Akron /news/2021-12-27/morning-headlines-ohio-reports-two-day-total-of-20-000-covid-cases-mass-testing-site-to-open-in-akron Ohio reported more than 20,000 COVID-19 cases on Saturday and Sunday combined; Mass drive-thru testing will expand to Akron this week; a COVID-19 surge at the Cuyahoga County Jail is prompting Gov. Mike DeWine to call for backup; and more stories. Mon, 27 Dec 2021 13:35:50 GMT /news/2021-12-27/morning-headlines-ohio-reports-two-day-total-of-20-000-covid-cases-mass-testing-site-to-open-in-akron Amanda Rabinowitz, J. Nungesser Summa Health waiting on Ohio Department of Medicaid for "distressed hospital" status /news/health-science/2021-12-23/summa-health-waiting-on-ohio-department-of-medicaid-for-distressed-hospital-status The hospital system is overwhelmed with cases of the delta variant of COVID-19, the flu and the new, highly contagious omicron variant. Thu, 23 Dec 2021 22:38:59 GMT /news/health-science/2021-12-23/summa-health-waiting-on-ohio-department-of-medicaid-for-distressed-hospital-status Abigail Bottar, Jay Shah Ohio National Guard begins deployment at overwhelmed hospitals in Northeast Ohio /news/health-science/2021-12-22/ohio-national-guard-deployed-to-help-overwhelmed-hospitals-in-northeast-ohio National Guard members should arrive at hospitals by the end of this week to help with the latest surge of COVID-19. Wed, 22 Dec 2021 20:02:28 GMT /news/health-science/2021-12-22/ohio-national-guard-deployed-to-help-overwhelmed-hospitals-in-northeast-ohio Abigail Bottar Morning Headlines: Akron Children’s to Require Vaccinations for Employees; Crowd Gathers to Protest Summa’s Vaccine Policy /news/2021-08-17/morning-headlines-akron-childrens-to-require-vaccinations-for-employees-crowd-gathers-to-protest-summas-vaccine-policy Akron Children’s Hospital will require its employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine; a crowd gathered outside of Summa Health’s Akron campus Monday night to protest the hospital’s vaccine requirement; the Cuyahoga County Commons Pleas Court's General Division employees are required to get the COVID-19 vaccine by Oct. 15; and more stories. Tue, 17 Aug 2021 12:53:08 GMT /news/2021-08-17/morning-headlines-akron-childrens-to-require-vaccinations-for-employees-crowd-gathers-to-protest-summas-vaccine-policy Amanda Rabinowitz, J. Nungesser