Tag: hospitals
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Kentucky hospitals say they gave back $1.67 billion to their communities in 2010, mostly by absorbing losses and bad debts
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News With the downturn in the economy part of the reason, Kentucky’s hospitals say they gave back a whopping $1.67 billion to their communities in...
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Expect more hospital mergers across the country, some with unlikely partners, Moody’s Investors Service report predicts
Reflecting several hospital mergers that have already taken place in Kentucky, a new report from Moody’s Investors Service predicts hospitals will continue to band together across the country as they respond...
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ER at Louisville’s University Hospital says it is pushed to brink; many other hospitals seeing more emergency patients
Louisville’s University Hospital is straining to meet the vastly increased demand of patients coming to the emergency room. Last year, there were 58,010 visits to the ER to the facility,...
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Same Catholic health system considering University Hospital’s request for proposals
Though Gov. Steve Beshear twice rejected a proposal that would have merged it with a Catholic health system, University Hospital‘s expected release of a request for proposals is drawing attention...
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Home births increase, mostly in rural areas
Home birth is making a resurgence in the U.S., reports Shari Roan of the Los Angeles Times. It used to be commonplace in rural areas where doctors were few and...
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State auditor will examine University Hospital’s indigent-care trust
After the Jefferson County attorney said the fund lacked oversight, state Auditor Adam Edelen said he will audit and review the indigent-care trust in Louisville through which $32 million tax...
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UK opening new operating rooms, including high-tech hybrid
The region’s first hybrid operating room, one that adds imaging and robotics to traditional surgery, is opening this week at the University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital. The only other...
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In front-page editorial, rural weekly in Adair County demands that board members of county-owned hospital resign
In our experience, most weekly newspapers don’t have editorial pages, much less editorials, so when one puts an editorial on the front page and also runs an editorial about the...
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Beshear says no for second time to University Hospital merger
For the second time, Gov. Steve Beshear has rejected a proposed merger for Louisville’s University Hospital, saying he still didn’t think ideas suggested in a meeting last week would be enough...
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St. Joseph Health System announces merger with Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare
Rebuffed in its bid to take over Louisville’s University Hospital, Catholic Health Initatives announced today that its St. Joseph Health System had merged with Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare,...