Lt. Gov. Cagle presses Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority to restructure.
The AJC reports that Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle wrote DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones and Fulton County Commission Chairman John Eaves about the need for Grady Memorial Hospital to restructure, saying that if it didn't, the state may have to intervene. Eaves said he supports a change in Grady's governance. Jones responds that he has other ideas that he will soon present.
The AJC provides the following summary of events to date:
FUNDING CRISIS: THE STORY SO FAR
March: Losing $3 million a month, Grady begins offering buyouts to senior employees aimed at eliminating 150 to 200 positions. More than 400 employees accept.
May 28: Consultants Alvarez & Marsal warn the hospital will go under without a major overhaul, starting with governance, and project Grady will be $78 million in the red at the end of 2007.
July 2: Georgia House Speaker Glenn Richardson appoints a committee to look for ways to help the ailing hospital.
July 3: Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle (right) says the state must play a role in keeping Grady in business.
July 13: A task force of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce says Grady won't get the millions of dollars it needs unless its board of political appointees cedes power to a private nonprofit group.
Wednesday: Grady officials present a plan to pull together $74 million to operate through this year and request $20 million more from Fulton and DeKalb counties.
Friday: Lt. Gov. Cagle says if Grady doesn't cede control to a nonprofit board, the Legislature should step in.
The AJC provides the following summary of events to date:
FUNDING CRISIS: THE STORY SO FAR
March: Losing $3 million a month, Grady begins offering buyouts to senior employees aimed at eliminating 150 to 200 positions. More than 400 employees accept.
May 28: Consultants Alvarez & Marsal warn the hospital will go under without a major overhaul, starting with governance, and project Grady will be $78 million in the red at the end of 2007.
July 2: Georgia House Speaker Glenn Richardson appoints a committee to look for ways to help the ailing hospital.
July 3: Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle (right) says the state must play a role in keeping Grady in business.
July 13: A task force of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce says Grady won't get the millions of dollars it needs unless its board of political appointees cedes power to a private nonprofit group.
Wednesday: Grady officials present a plan to pull together $74 million to operate through this year and request $20 million more from Fulton and DeKalb counties.
Friday: Lt. Gov. Cagle says if Grady doesn't cede control to a nonprofit board, the Legislature should step in.
posted by Sid Cottingham | 9:35 AM
1 Comments:
"Jones, the DeKalb CEO, has raised concerns about the chamber's proposed change in management, saying only money from the state and other counties can save Grady."
Moron Vernon Jones has been in office over six years, and now he has a plan to save Grady. DeKalb elected officials haven't only looked the other way for decades of waste & corrutpion at grady, they've enabled it.
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