Mass. Leaders Join Forces To Prevent Ballot Initiative On Hospital Prices
News outlets also report on other hospital developments in Massachusetts, Colorado, Florida and Texas.
WBUR:
Deal Would Take Controversial Hospital Pricing Question Off Ballot
It was to be a game of high stakes politics with hundreds of millions of health care dollars on the line. But on Wednesday the players negotiated a truce — with help from unified leaders on Beacon Hill — to prevent a November ballot question on hospital prices. (Bebinger, 5/26)
The Boston Globe:
Beth Israel Deaconess In Boston Names Healy President
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center said Thursday that its flagship Boston teaching hospital will get its own president, a move designed to give the health system’s chief executive more time to focus on strategy. (Dayal McCluskey, 5/26)
Denver Post:
UCHealth To Open $315 Million Hospital In Highlands Ranch
UCHealth is adding to its expanding network of medical facilities, this time with a $315 million hospital in Highlands Ranch. Aurora-based UCHealth on Thursday announced plans to build a hospital and medical campus near Lucent Boulevard and C-470. The six-story Highlands Ranch Hospital will be built on part of Shea Properties’ planned 100-acre Central Park mixed-use development. (Wallace, 5/26)
Miami Herald:
Patients Flocking To Jackson South Trauma Center, Hospital CEO Says
Since opening a trauma center at Jackson South Community Hospital in Palmetto Bay on May 4, doctors and nurses at the county taxpayer-owned medical facility have treated 60 patients in about three weeks — exceeding the expectations of administrators, who said that the volume of cases is cutting into the competition’s business. (Chang, 5/26)
Houston Chronicle:
Ex-Harris Health Chief Named No. 2 Exec At Dallas Public Hospital
David Lopez, deposed as head of the Harris Health System two years ago, has been made second-in-command at Parkland Memorial Hospital, the Dallas public hospital. (Ackerman, 5/27)
