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The University of Louisville will hand over records pertaining to the merger involving University Hospital, under a settlement signed Tuesday.
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University Hospital merger documents being released
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 without some supporting documents ? and the new system's affiliation agreement with U of L," reports Patrick Howington of The Courier-Journal. The move is a victory for Jefferson County Attorney Mike O'Connell (C-J photo by Pam Spaulding), who sued U of L after merger-related documents were not provided to him upon his open- records request. Though he will not receive all the documents he wished to view, he agreed to settle because of time constraints; the merger is expected to be final by Dec. 31.
The merger involves University Hospital, Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare and St. Joseph Health System.The records, which will be handed over by Thursday, will include "the bylaws and articles of incorporation of the still-unnamed new system and a new lease agreement for the state-owned University Hospital property," Howington reports.
A table showing the merger's benefits to U of L was given over Tuesday. It shows U of L will get a larger piece of the hospital's profits than before. "The hospital gave U of L $11 million each of the past four years, but the new company would give the university $11 million each year, adjusted for inflation, plus 24 percent of the 'excess cash' ? loosely meaning profit ? of the entire system," Howington reports. (Read more)
- Merger Would Give Jewish And St. Mary's $83 Million For Their Assets, Which Would Have To Be Used For Charitable Causes
If the much-debated merger between Saint Joseph Health System, University Hospital and Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare overcomes legal obstacles, it could result in a $83 million payment for Jewish and St. Mary's assets that would...
- University Hospital Files Suit Saying It Is Not Public; Could Affect Merger, Open Records
Attorney General Jack Conway may have ruled it a public entity and thus subject to open-records laws, but University Hospital officials are insisting that's not the case and have filed a lawsuit saying it should not have to turn over documents...
- 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...
- Louisville Hospital Merger Probably Means Poor Women Won't Get Their Tubes Tied At University Hospital Any More
Women who deliver through Caesarean sections at the University of Louisville Hospital may no longer be able to get their fallopian tubes tied at the same time, Patrick Howington of the The Courier-Journal reports. This rule may be one of many the...