As a nonprofit, tax-exempt, health system, Ascension is required to provide charitable benefits to the community and operate solely to serve a public, rather than a private interest. Mary’s, and the closure of a labor and delivery unit on Milwaukee’s south side at Ascension St.
I write to you with concerns about recent reporting from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Milwaukee Magazine highlighting “disruptions to patient care, long wait times in the emergency department, delayed surgeries and staff concerns about patient safety” at Ascension Columbia St. “I called on Ascension’s CEO to answer for this pattern of practices that seem to indicate that Ascension is putting aside its mission to serve Wisconsin families with affordable, undisrupted health care in favor of funneling cash to its investment funds and executives.”įull text of the letter is available here and below. However, I am extremely concerned by the recent cuts to critical programs and squeezing of hospital staff by Ascension hospitals that are putting Wisconsin providers and patients at risk in the process,” said Senator Baldwin. “Ascension has a mission to serve vulnerable and underserved communities, and they operate as a non-profit in order to better fulfill this mission. In her letter, Senator Baldwin raised concerns that Ascension Health system is operating like a private equity fund, squeezing staff, closing facilities, and extracting cash from its member hospitals for dubious “management fees” to advance its investment activities, putting patients and providers at risk. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) sent a letter to Ascension CEO Joseph Impicciche calling on him to answer for Ascension's questionable priorities that appear to go against its non-profit mission.
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