Memorial becomes official hospital for Springs Sky Sox
Memorial Hospital is now the official hospital for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. The hospital is partnering with the Sky Sox to promote health, exercise and athletics, according to a press release about the partnership. Under this exclusive, three-year agreement, the two organizations will collaborate around healthy initiatives in the Pikes Peak Region. “The Sky [...]
Nine people have been chosen to form the first board of directors for the Colorado Springs Health Foundation. The board is charged with creating the rules and procedures for the new foundation, which will use money and lease payments from the University of Colorado Health lease of Memorial Hospital. The mayor selected the board members [...]
Continue reading …In the scant two months since University of Colorado Health took over operations at Memorial Hospital, it’s been anything but business as usual. Despite the progress, officials acknowledge there’s still a lot of work to be done to steady Memorial’s financial picture and bring patients and doctors back to the hospital. UCH has spent a [...]
Continue reading …The City of Colorado Springs has hired the Law Firm of Fulbright & Jaworski to assist in Memorial Health System lease negotiations with the University of Colorado Health System. City Attorney Chris Melcher said Fulbright’s health law practice is nationally recognized as a leader in developing health care system affiliations, particularly those that involve municipal health systems [...]
Continue reading …If voters choose University of Colorado Hospital to run Memorial Health System, what will it mean for health care in Colorado Springs? The CSBJ would like to talk to health-care workers and patients about their experiences with University of Colorado Hospital. What’s your opinion about how it will function here? Contact reporter Amy Gillentine at [...]
Continue reading …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. [...]
Continue reading …The Rotary Club of Colorado Springs is planning a rededication ceremony of the Freedom Memorial to honor the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and all those who have served in the War on Terrorism. The ceremony will take place at the Freedom Memorial site in Memorial Park. Distinguished veterans of the [...]
Continue reading …If Memorial Health System makes it onto the November ballot, and if voters choose to turn it into a nonprofit, it will need a new board of directors. The task force charged with studying the change is considering recommending new board members. Memorial’s board is six members short of the limit of 15, so even [...]
Continue reading …Memorial Health Systems has an opportunity to expand its market share through expanding to other parts of Colorado — even to Kansas. The hospital system is beginning to reinvent itself as a regional center, and is building the infrastructure to compete, said Mike Scialdone, CFO for the system at Memorial’s monthly update to the city [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Springs City Council appears poised to move forward with a ballot issue to determine Memorial Health System’s fate — despite the $246 million it will cost to move its employees from the state’s public pension program. This week, the council formed a task force that will review ballot language and complete work started [...]
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