by Amy Gillentine Published: February 2,2012
Tags: Memorial Health System, uch, University of Colorado Hospital
It takes more than just doctors and patients to build a successful hospital system ... [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: January 31,2012
Tags: Colorado Springs, Health Care, Memorial Health System, Poudre Valley Hospital System, University of Colorado
Poudre Valley Health System and the University of Colorado Hospital have finalized a joint operating agreement that creates a new health system. Called University of Colorado Health, the partnership will also include Memorial Health System in Colorado Springs, once details of a lease agreement are ironed out and voters decide on the effort at some point [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: January 27,2012
Tags: Mayor Steve Bach, Memorial Health System, negotiations, University of Colorado Hospital
Mayor Steve Bach sent the Colorado Springs City Council a letter this week, outlining his vision for the way the negotiations to lease Memorial Health System should proceed. Bach, first of all, wants to be more involved. He also wants to use outside legal counsel to help City Attorney Chris Melcher during the negotiations. The money [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: January 10,2012
Tags: future, Memorial Health System, negotiations, University of Coloraod Hospital
The Colorado Springs City Council unanimously approved taking the next step in the future of Memorial Health System at its formal meeting this week. It also created a negotiating team – with Council liaisons Merv Bennett and Brandy Williams – to discuss the final terms of the lease agreement with the University of Colorado Hospital system. The [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: January 9,2012
Tags: City Council, Memorial Health System, University of Colorado Hospital
The proposal to allow University of Colorado Hospital to lease Memorial Health System is one step closer to reality after today’s informal City Council meeting. The council decided to vote on the issue during tomorrow’s formal meeting for an official vote, including a separate vote about setting up a committee for the lease negotiations. The decision came [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: December 19,2011
Tags: HealthONE, interest, Memorial Health System
HealthOne isn’t going to accept defeat quietly. After learning this morning that their bid was not chosen by the City Council-led task force to lease Memorial Health System, the health care giant said the process was completed too quickly and the task force “rushed to judgment.” The task force unanimously chose the University of Colorado Hospital to [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: December 19,2011
Tags: Memorial Health System, University of Colorado Hospital
It’s unanimous: The Memorial task force will recommend that University of Colorado Hospital lease Memorial Health System for the next 40 years. All four City Council members on the task force said they support the CU proposal, joining the opinion of the advisory committee, which also supported the University of Colorado. “We’ll work with it,” said Memorial [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: December 16,2011
Tags: Centura Health, HealthONE, Memorial Health System, University of Colorado Health System
While none of the city council members announced their intentions at this morning’s Memorial Health System meeting, the non-voting members unanimously picked University of Colorado Hospital. Only the four city council members will vote on which proposal moves forward to city council, but the advisory members – Doug Quimby, Phil Lane, Dr. Michael Welch, Carolyn Flynn, [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: December 8,2011
Tags: Lease, Memorial Health System
Hospital systems vying to lease Memorial could end up passing along the millions of dollars of lease costs on to customers through higher costs for care. It’s happened before and could happen here if cost controls aren’t spelled out in the new lease, said Dr. Steve Berkshire, a professor and director of health administration for Central [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: December 7,2011
Tags: leases, Memorial, Memorial Health System
Hospital systems vying to lease Memorial could end up passing millions of dollars in lease costs on to customers through higher costs for care, unless price controls are built into a new lease. It’s happened before and could happen here, said Dr. Steve Berkshire, a professor and director of health administration for Central Michigan University. “When Humana [...] [...]
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