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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 dollars flow. (Courier-Journal photo by John Rott)
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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 dollars flow. (Courier-Journal photo by John Rott)The audit will determine "whether there are adequate resources to treat indigents in the Louisville area," reports Patrick Howington of The Courier-Journal. The issue came up recently when University Hospital, the recipient of the funds, tried to merge with two other hospital systems.
Earlier this month, County Attorney Mike O'Connell said the trust's board, which is appointed by the University of Louisville, "had not met in more than two years," Howington writes. The next day, U of L President James Ramsey asked Edelen to look into the trust's financial records.
Edelen spokeswoman Stephenie Steitzer said the lack of board meetings raises the question of "whether there is a proper and effective governance structure in place."
The trust receives $25 million each year from the state and $7 million from Louisville Metro Government. University Hospital uses those funds to treat poor, uninsured patients. Last year, the trust only paid for "about one-third of the facilities' charity care last year, which cost $88 million and involved more than 63,000 cases," Howington reports. (Read more)
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The University of Louisville will hand over records pertaining to the merger involving University Hospital, under a settlement signed Tuesday. The documents will include "the June 14 agreement to consolidate the three health-care systems into one ? though...
- State Senator Says U Of L Doctors Used Medicaid Funds To Pay Themselves $4.8 Million In Bonuses, Seeks More Oversight
State Sen. Tim Shaughnessy has questioned a $30 million transfer of surplus Medicaid funds to Passport Health Plan board members in 2008 and 2009. Shaughnessy, a Louisville Democrat, says doctors at the University of Louisville medical school paid bonuses...
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Attorney General Jack Conway has been asked to decide "whether University Hospital is a public institution ? an issue in the controversial plan to merge the University of Louisville?s main teaching hospital with two other health-care systems," Patrick...
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