A report on the first year of operations at D.C.’s newest hospital describes “growing pains,” including long emergency department wait times for patients, staffing difficulties and financial losses.
Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center opened on the former St. Elizabeths Hospital campus in Southeast in April 2025, and in a report delivered to Mayor Muriel Bowser in late May, the GW Health-affiliated hospital said the issues are common for new hospitals, and that it has “actively taken concrete steps” to address them.
Cedar Hill ran a deficit of roughly $47.7 million during its inaugural year. Expenses came in under budget targets, the report said, but revenue was nearly 46% below projections…