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County hospital system defaults on $15.4 million loan
The county’s hospital system for indigent patients has defaulted on a 10-year-old, $15.4 million loan from Maricopa County.
Group of lawmakers say they oppose Prop. 480
Senate President Andy Biggs and 26 other Republican lawmakers oppose passage of a $935 million bond to rebuild Maricopa Medical Center and improve the county’s public health system.
Enrollment in Medicaid expansion falls short of projection
Enrollment for the population that benefits from the contentious passage of Medicaid expansion is far below projections, but that doesn’t sound alarms for the Governor’s Office, the agency that administers the program or hospitals.
Vote yes on Prop. 480 to modernize our county health system
Many people have come to know our “county hospital” through the iconic 1970s-era tower on East Roosevelt Street, known as Maricopa Medical Center.
Campaign for new medical center raises $910,000
Construction firms and groups closely associated with the county’s public hospital contributed nearly 80 percent of the $910,000 raised for a campaign to convince voters to approve financing for a new medical center and revamped health system.
Foes question $1 billion plan for new county medical center
Opposition to a nearly $1 billion bond proposal to build a new public hospital and modernize the county’s health system is beginning to take shape, with critics questioning why the... […]
New website helps patients compare hospital costs, procedures
New data has just been uploaded onto a state-run website to help would-be patients compare, on a hospital-by-hospital basis, outcomes on all sorts of medical issues, like how often a surgery patient bleeds after a procedure to the chances of dying in the hospital after heart failure. There even are results of more subjective surveys of patients of how well doctors and nurses communicated with them[...]
Brewer touts business, health care support for AHCCCS plan
As Gov. Jan Brewer gears up to push her Medicaid plan through the Legislature, she’s rallying business and health care leaders in support of the proposed AHCCCS expansion.
Ousted county health board members say they were targeted over opposition to $1B bond issue
Two ousted members of the Maricopa Integrated Health System board of directors say they lost their seats in November after the head of a nonprofit that assists it and another former member targeted them for their opposition to a nearly billion-dollar bond issue for a new hospital.
