Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital (MLKCH)

Martin Luther King, jr. community hospital (mlkch) is a completely new facility replacing a prior county facility that was closed due to quality of care issues in 2007. Mlkch is a unique private-public partnership. As a private, non-profit freestanding 501(c)(3) Corporation, mlkch leases a completely new $280 million hospital facility from the county of los Angeles. Mlkch was licensed by the California department of public health on april 28, 2015 and opened to patient care on may 14, 2015. After initial licensing, mlkch passed through the following milestones as it became fully operational:- accredited by the joint commission on june 30, 2015- opened its emergency department on july 7, 2015- began accepting rescue ambulances on august 11, 2015- staged a phased opening of its inpatient facilities so that all inpatient beds were opened and staffed by december 2015. Since then, hospital has credentialed almost 400 physicians and hired over 2,000 employees and contractors to meet the expected volume of patients. Mlkch's service area is one of the poorest in metropolitan los Angeles and suffers from a severe shortage of physicians. As a result, emergency department volume has consistently exceeded projections.in january 2020, the hospital, through working with a developer and the county of los Angeles, completed the construction a 50,000 sq. Ft. medical office building, a two story building adjacent to the hospital. The hospital will be expanding outpatient services to include wound care and other services. In the fiscal year ended june 30, 2022, mlkch served its community by providing 9,269 acute inpatient admissions, 45,728 acute inpatient days, 580 deliveries, 1,934 inpatient surgeries, 156 outpatient surgeries, 100,189 outpatient and inpatient emergency visits, and 5,488 outpatient observation visits.in july 2022, mlkch received a five star rating by the medicare program. This is the highest rating that a hospital can receive and was based on superior outcomes in mortality, safety of care, readmissions, patient experience, and timely and effective care.