Penrose-St. Francis Health Services, Memorial Health System and Kaiser Permanente are each contributing $3,579 to the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce in payment for its wellness program victories. All 20 chamber employees completed a three-month program in which they were screened for diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol, body mass index and smoking. They were offered on-site personalized [...]
Continue reading …If it becomes a nonprofit, Memorial Health System cannot be sold unless voters agree. Any proceeds from a sale or lease of the nonprofit would be returned to the city. That’s part of the ballot language agreed to by a joint city council-Memorial Board of Trustees task force today. The full council will vote on [...]
Continue reading …The fight about what to do with Memorial Health System is heating up – and those opposed to creating an independent nonprofit hospital – including a Denver hospital hoping to buy Memorial – are spending big bucks. This week, direct mail flyers were mailed throughout the Springs, asking people to contact city council members and request that the [...]
Continue reading …The Memorial Board of Trustees views HCA’s interest in purchasing Memorial Health System as the “wolf at the door,” said Chairwoman Arlene Patterson Stein. “We speak as one voice, and we would like council to affirm its commitment to the commission’s work and it recommendation,” she said. “We don’t support the HCA attempt.” The Memorial [...]
Continue reading …City council wants to receive some sort of payment from Memorial Health System, but doesn’t want to lease the property to the new organization. “I think they should own it lock, stock and barrel,” Mayor Lionel Rivera said. “I don’t see any benefit in retaining it.” The city does want an annual payment. Rivera pointed [...]
Continue reading …HCA-HealthOne, a for-profit medical company, is trying to convince Memorial Health System officials to rethink plans to turn the hospital in to a nonprofit and instead sell it to them. Memorial CEO Larry McEvoy rejected HCA’s overtures. In a written statement, McEvoy said the best names in health care – the Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland [...]
Continue reading …The Memorial Commission’s proposal about the future of Memorial Health System is in the hands of city council now. So what did it cost to get there? At least $331,479.31, according to Memorial’s accounting. The bulk of that went to the Bachman Group for public relations work and to Larry Singer, a Chicago-based health care [...]
Continue reading …As expected, the Memorial Citizens’ Commission’s final report recommends turning Memorial Health System into an independent nonprofit, but it also makes allowances for local control and for the city to receive financial remuneration. The commission made its presentation to the Colorado Springs City Council this afternoon during its informal meeting. Mayor Lionel Rivera has signaled [...]
Continue reading …The Memorial Commission is giving citizens another chance to weigh in about the future of the municpal hospital. The commission is holing a public hearing from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, at the Pikes Peak Regional Development Center, 2880 International Circle. Analysis of the models of ownership and governance and the advantages [...]
Continue reading …If Memorial Health System were to fashion itself after any other hospital network in the nation, it would be Poudre Valley Health System. Located in Fort Collins, Poudre Valley made the move from a public hospital to an independent nonprofit in 1994. At the time, the hospital had $100 million in revenue and 1,600 employees. [...]
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