Morrisey’s $60M hospital sale closes, questions and communication issues still linger in Beckley

Morrisey’s $60M hospital sale closes, questions and communication issues still linger in Beckley

Jackie Withrow Hospital in Beckley, West Virginia. (Photo courtesy of West Virginia Department of Health)Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s $60 million sale of West Virginia’s four long-term nursing homes closes Friday, placing the facilities under private ownership after many lawmakers for years have said no to the change. The hospitals, which mostly serve elderly patients using Medicaid, were operating at $6 million annual financial loss to the state.  T…