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State Legislators Discuss Strategies at CPA Issue Forum
Discussion of how to undertake non-profit hospital
conversion while maintaining the quality of care and protecting community
assets was the focus of an April issue forum on "the Sale and Conversion
of Non-Profit Hospitals," co-sponsored
by CPA and the Volunteer Trustees Foundation for Research and
Education.
Currently, 14 states have enacted guidelines for non-profit hospital
conversion and over 30 states are working on this issue, which represents the largest
deployment of charitable assets ever.
The forum, held in conjunction with the National Conference of
State Legislatures meeting, featured conversion experts, state legislators and
community advocates.
Ohio Assistant Attorney General Craig Mayton
presented a proposal for model state oversight legislation
on
health care conversions. The model legislation outlines obligations
converting health care entities must meet and penalties that can be imposed on
privatizing entities that fail to comply with state guidelines.
Mayton noted that the onslaught of non-profit hospitals seeking to
privatize in the past few years was not anticipated by most states. In many
cases, state legislation now on the books provides little guidance in how to
safeguard public assets and resources in hospitals.
The event was part of CPA’s 1997-98 Issue Forum series. A summary
of the Hospital Conversion Issue Forum will be available soon.
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ALTERNATIVES
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Alternatives is a publication of the Center for Policy Alternatives – a nonpartisan progressive public policy and leadership development center serving state legislators, state policy organizations, and state grassroots leaders. Alternatives is indexed in Urban Affairs Abstracts. ISSN #1070-3047
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Tim McFeeley,
Executive Director
Jane Gruenebaum,
Chief Operating Officer
Linda Tarr-Whelan,
Board Chair
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STATE NETWORKS
Diallo Brooks,
Southeast Director
Bettye Jo Pakulis,
Northeast Director
Jesse Romero,
Southwest Director
John Freeman,
Midwest Consultant
Jewel James,
State Networks Manager
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POLICY/COMMUNICATIONS
Bernie Horn,
Senior Director, Policy & Communications
Kirsten Lindquist,
Assoc. Director, Policy
Liz Cattaneo,
Assoc. Dir., Communications
Star Wilbraham,
Communications Assistant
Rachel Balick,
Intern
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PROGRAM INITIATIVES
Jen Ray,
Senior Director, Program Initiatives
Helen Gonzales,
Senior Manager, Work and Family Investment
John Wilcox,
Senior Manager, Technology Policy
Jennifer Woolley,
Senior Manager, Women and the Economy Program
Christine Broderick,
Intern, Women and the Economy
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LEADERSHIP
Carolina Zumaran-Jones,
Director, Eleanor Roosevelt Global Leadership Institute & Flemming Fellows Leadership Institute
Maura Hutchens,
Manager, ERGLI & FFLI
Meredith Gurwith,
Intern, ERGLI
Rebecca Valerin,
Intern, FFLI
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ADMINISTRATION/FINANCE
Maxine G. Somerville,
Senior Director of Administration and Human Resources
Tom Gilmer,
Chief Financial Officer
Chantel McCloud,
Manager, Payroll & A/P
John Wilcox,
General Counsel
Shawn Hayden,
Office Manager
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DEVELOPMENT
Chris Rutledge,
Associate Director of Development
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