This one should be of particular interest to readers of this blog. Contact your legislators and give them your feedback on Danny Marshall's bill.
HB1037: Sale or conversion of nonprofit hospitals; public hearing.
§ 32.1-127.4. Certain hospital conversions.
A. The administrator or owner of any nonprofit hospital that is entering into a contract for sale of the hospital to a for-profit entity or planning to restructure to convert such nonprofit hospital to a for-profit hospital, at least six months prior to the execution of a contract for sale or the filing of the articles of incorporation as a for-profit corporation, shall hold a public hearing in the locality where the hospital is located and present the following: (i) any changes to be made in the staffing of the hospital and (ii) a business plan explaining how the sale or conversion will affect the community.
B. If, following the conversion of such nonprofit hospital, a private foundation is established in connection with the for-profit hospital, no previous member of the nonprofit hospital board of directors shall serve on such foundation's board of directors.
http://www.richmondsunlight.com/bill/2008/hb1037/fulltext/
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- DRMC's "Here for our community" site
- LPNT - company news/profile (answers.com)
- LPNT news on the web
- Consultant's report to Commission
- Citizens Commission
- Danville Regional Foundation
- DRMC Wikipedia
- LifePoint Company History
- Danville City Council
- Nashville Biz Journal
- DRMC "Danville News & Views"
- DRMC Advisory Board of Directors
Letter to Employees, February 7, 2007
Dear DRMC Associates, Physicians and Volunteers:
Thank you for all your efforts to provide healthcare to the citizens of the Dan River Region. Providing healthcare, saving lives, and improving the quality of the lives of our friends, family and neighbors is a high calling, and you are answering that call each and every day. Delivering on the high expectations of those we serve is a tremendous responsibility, shared by everyone – physicians, nurses, technical and support staff, volunteers, managers and administration.
It’s no secret that to be successful in meeting this responsibility, we must work together. We have seen in our Emergency Department the good things that can happen when staff, physicians and management work together effectively. The reduction in wait times and fewer patients leaving without treatment are ample proof. You should all be proud of this accomplishment.
It is our hope that all of us on the hospital team, and indeed the entire community, can come together around Danville Regional and make it a source of genuine pride and positive economic activity for this area. Coming together is way overdue.
When Mr. Bill Carpenter, CEO of LifePoint and three other corporate officers were in our hospital in January, they openly apologized for mistakes made at the onset of the hospital sale. Knowing what they know at this point in time, they would have definitely done things differently. LifePoint has committed the support and resources needed to make DRMC a hospital of which we all can be proud. In addition, we, as leaders in different areas of the hospital, commit our time and energy to that same goal.
The important thing to remember is that on one person or small group can make this hospital successful. It will take the support and commitment of every single one of us who are connected to DRMC in any way. We need your help to make this happen.
Going forward won’t be easy. Any organization of this size and complexity has issues.
But it is time to move on, and move ahead. Constructive suggestions are always OK, and in fact welcomed, because there is almost always more than one “right way” to accomplish goals. Bitter, destructive criticism isn’t OK. There’s a reason they call it “holding grudges,” because the only person who feels bad is the one holding them. It’s time for us to let these go.
Good things can happen if we channel our energies on positive activities. Never has this been more important than now.
During 2006 and 2007 $26 million is being invested to create some good things – the build out of the 5th and 6th floors, the new radiation/oncology equipment, addition of PACS and a new state of the art CT machine. These improvements, coupled with your caring approach, will provide better, more complete care for our patients, close to home.
Recent patient satisfaction scores have improved, and will continue to improve as long as we focus our efforts on providing the best care for our patients and support for each other. We also fully recognize the importance of improving staff and physician satisfaction, and the positive impact this will have on the patients we serve.
We also have a big challenge that will require everyone’s best – our Joint Commission accreditation review, which will occur sometime in the next couple of months. When you think about it, it is not a stretch to say that the lifeblood of this community is dependent upon Danville Regional maintaining Joint Commission accreditation.
Joint Commission accreditation is a key to the continued success of one of the largest employers in the region, and the place where the majority of our citizens come to receive healthcare. An accredited hospital makes the community more attractive for residents who already are here, and also for those people and their employers who are looking for a good place to live, work, play and invest. It also directly impacts the livelihood of all associates and physicians.
We need to place a tremendous amount of importance and urgency around preparing for Joint Commission, because accreditation is vital to all of us. While some might think loss of accreditation hurts LifePoint, the real losers are those of us who live and work in this community. We must join together to protect one of our most valuable community assets. Our region’s economic recovery depends on it.
So we go back to our original points: we are fortunate to be in a position to serve others, which is a tremendous responsibility we accept every day. All of us want to make this a better place to work, and a better place for our neighbors to receive treatment. We are committed to supporting you and know that together we will make DRMC the very best it can be. We appreciate each of you.
Sincerely,
Dr. Betty Jo Foster
Chairman, DRMC Advisory Board
Arthur M. Doloresco
President/ CEO
Richard A. Smith, M.D.
Chief of Staff
9 comments:
Contact Delegates Merricks, Armstrong and others...let them know what this law would have meant to the citizens of southside three years ago.
Also, contact Hurt in the Senate...ask him to watch for this bill after crossover.
Ask what we can do to help show citizen support for this measure. You'd be surprised how many delegates and senators review bills that they have not received any feedback from their constituents on.
Also, make sure you stand behind Danny Marshall in the coming months and years. I am sure this stand will raise the ire of the bank boys and they will not take kindly to it. This blog has often mentioned how the boys were able to keep our communitites under their thumb. It took a bit of courage for Danny Marshall to present this bill and we should support him for that. Don't forget the hard time Coy Harville caught from the fab five, and he is just a supervisor.
I think everyone who has been personally affected by the travesty of the sale of DRMC should support this legislation and email or mail Danny their support, as well as other delegates and the governor. Danny may have signed his death warrant as a delegate when he is up for reelection. The bank boys don't take kindly to public condemnation or the light of scrutiny. We all should support Del Marshall and applaud his courageous act.
I wrote to Delegate Marshall today voicing my support as a former Danville physician. He was appreciative and mentioned that a member of the hospital board had already called to complain. He felt this was a good sign, and I agreed. Just FYI
"a member of the hospital board had already called to complain. "
Well, he must have struck a nerve.
GO DANNY!
How about the newspaper?? How come such a signifcant piece of legislation is not mentioned? Any letters to the editor?
please hospital insiders share with us on the outside (either community members or old employees ) what is happening. What are the issues form the inside? Do you have the resources, what is going on wit the food service, are surgery numbers going up or down?, what is th epersentage of contract or agency staff on the rolls? The new CEO how does he manage..has he moved to the community to stay, where is anderson living now? What is the new CNO's take on nursing practice and dealing with the physicians, etc. Since the blog was blocked at the hospital we ar enot being kept informed. Are the staff that afraid of being silenced?
For anyone that subscribes to the print version of the Register & Bee...has there been any coverage of Danny's bill and the history behind it?
Nope and with the spineless bunch that owns the City ( they do just like their fathers did)you never will. You see the thing that spineless liar's and thieves hate the most is the truth , and the truth is they are CROOKS and FOOLS therefore there will be NO print as this would bring deception and stupidity to light.
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