Let’s start with some points on which we all agree: In so many ways, Colorado Springs is an enjoyable place to live. We want the city — its people, its business community and its government — to thrive, not suffer. We want to work together in cultivating and sustaining an environment that’s conducive to success, [...]
Continue reading …The newly created Memorial Board of Trustees met for the first time today and elected the officers that will guide the new board through the transition to the election for University of Colorado Health. Marcy Morrison, longtime community advocate, former mayor of Manitou Springs and most recently, the former Colorado Commissioner of Insurance, was named [...]
Continue reading …Former Memorial Health System CEO Larry McEvoy will get to keep all of his $1.15 million severance package. After an hours-long closed session yesterday, City Council decided there was little it could do to alter the compensation package – which includes 18 months’ salary, a company car, $20,000 in outplacement services and cash in lieu [...]
Continue reading …Details of Memorial Health System’s proposed 40-year lease to University of Colorado Health will be made public June 11 during an informal City Council meeting. Council made the announcement today, and also said comment about the proposed lease will be heard at that meeting, as well as during Council’s June 12 formal meeting. Under its initial [...]
Continue reading …After more than an hour in executive session, the Colorado Springs City Council postponed the decision about outgoing CEO Larry McEvoy’s $1.15 million severance package. The reason, said council president Scott Hente, was to get more advice from city attorney Chris Melcher. “This is a complicated issue,” Hente said. “It’s about contract law, about labor [...]
Continue reading …A second executive will be leaving Memorial Health System, according to a press release sent out by the hospital. Carm Moceri, who has been with the health system since 2008, will leave because his position as chief strategy officer is being eliminated. Hospital officials said the position was being eliminated as a result of the [...]
Continue reading …After years of discussion, task-force and commission meetings and closed-door talks, the Colorado Springs City Council is preparing to ask voters whether to lease Memorial Health System to the University of Colorado Hospital. City Council will hold a special meeting at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 16 at the Blue River Boardroom on the fifth floor [...]
Continue reading …The letter preceeded a decision to increase former hospital CEO Larry McEvoy’s pay by $120,000.
Continue reading …The Colorado Springs City Council chose a mix of health care executives, real estate developers and and finance professionals for the seven-member Board of Trustees for Memorial Health System.
Continue reading …It’s been a tumultuous week for Memorial Health System and the City of Colorado Springs by anyone’s standards …
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