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- Judge Rules University Of Louisville's Hospital Is Public And Subject To Open Records Act; It May Appeal
The University of Louisville's hospital is a public entity, a Jefferson Circuit Court judge has ruled in a lawsuit filed to get access to the university's deals with other health providers. Judge Martin McDonald ruled yesterday in favor of The...
- Beshear Talks To University Hospital Officials About Future
Gov. Steve Beshear met with officials with University Hospital officials yesterday to discuss ways the facility can take part in a merger. Last week, Beshear rejected a much-publicized proposal that would have unified University Hospital with Jewish...
- Beshear Says No To Hospital Merger
Gov. Steve Beshear has said no to the much-discussed merger between three major Kentucky health systems, which, because it required his blessing, puts an end to the proposal. "After exhaustive discussions and research, I have determined that this proposed...
- Is University Hospital Public? Attorney General Will Decide; Merger Proposal Raises Question Of Church-state Separation
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...
- Baptist Hospital East Would Allow U Of L Docs To Perform Tubal Ligations There After Merger With Catholic System
Since the merger between Jewish Hospital, University Medical Center and Saint Joseph Health Systems will prevent female patients from getting their tubes tied there ? because St. Joseph is owned by a Catholic-based parent company ? Baptist Hospital East...
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University Hospital is public, not private, so state has say on merger, Conway says
Louisville's University Hospital is a public institution, not a private one, which means the state gets a say about the proposed merger between the hospital, Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare and Lexington-based St. Joseph Health System, Attorney General Jack Conway said Wednesday.
Conway said University Medical Center Inc., which runs the hospital, "was established and created and is controlled by the University of Louisville." U of L has long claimed University Hospital is private and refused to hand over records requested by the ACLU of Kentucky and The Courier-Journal. The ruling means the documents pertaining to the merger itself would have to be made public. Because it deals with an open-government issue, that part of Conway's opinion has the force of law unless overturned in court.
"The finding reinforces the earlier positions by Conway and Gov. Steve Beshear that the deal cannot take place without the approval of state government, which owns the hospital property and granted the contract for University Medical Center to operate it," The C-J's Patrick Howington reports. U of L had said the hospital is private because it is run by a corporation. (Read more)
The ruling could affect the merger because of the religious implications. Saint Joseph is owned by Catholic Health Initiatives, which follows Catholic directives that prohibit abortion, sterilization and euthanasia. For more on the merger, click here.
Conway said University Medical Center Inc., which runs the hospital, "was established and created and is controlled by the University of Louisville." U of L has long claimed University Hospital is private and refused to hand over records requested by the ACLU of Kentucky and The Courier-Journal. The ruling means the documents pertaining to the merger itself would have to be made public. Because it deals with an open-government issue, that part of Conway's opinion has the force of law unless overturned in court.
"The finding reinforces the earlier positions by Conway and Gov. Steve Beshear that the deal cannot take place without the approval of state government, which owns the hospital property and granted the contract for University Medical Center to operate it," The C-J's Patrick Howington reports. U of L had said the hospital is private because it is run by a corporation. (Read more)
The ruling could affect the merger because of the religious implications. Saint Joseph is owned by Catholic Health Initiatives, which follows Catholic directives that prohibit abortion, sterilization and euthanasia. For more on the merger, click here.
- Judge Rules University Of Louisville's Hospital Is Public And Subject To Open Records Act; It May Appeal
The University of Louisville's hospital is a public entity, a Jefferson Circuit Court judge has ruled in a lawsuit filed to get access to the university's deals with other health providers. Judge Martin McDonald ruled yesterday in favor of The...
- Beshear Talks To University Hospital Officials About Future
Gov. Steve Beshear met with officials with University Hospital officials yesterday to discuss ways the facility can take part in a merger. Last week, Beshear rejected a much-publicized proposal that would have unified University Hospital with Jewish...
- Beshear Says No To Hospital Merger
Gov. Steve Beshear has said no to the much-discussed merger between three major Kentucky health systems, which, because it required his blessing, puts an end to the proposal. "After exhaustive discussions and research, I have determined that this proposed...
- Is University Hospital Public? Attorney General Will Decide; Merger Proposal Raises Question Of Church-state Separation
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...
- Baptist Hospital East Would Allow U Of L Docs To Perform Tubal Ligations There After Merger With Catholic System
Since the merger between Jewish Hospital, University Medical Center and Saint Joseph Health Systems will prevent female patients from getting their tubes tied there ? because St. Joseph is owned by a Catholic-based parent company ? Baptist Hospital East...