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		<title>Open Letter to Metro Louisville Council Concerning QCCT Fund for Indigent Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 01:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Status Quo is Not an Option. In an earlier article, I urged all readers to make their opinions known to Metro Louisville leadership about how to handle the University of Louisville&#8217;s request to maintain the status quo for how &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1139">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fourth Meeting of UofL Hospital Operations Review Committee.</title>
		<link>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1113</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 23:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some good work, but continued disappointment. On May 9, the UMC Ad Hoc Operations Review Committee held its next to last meeting.  One additional meeting is scheduled for May 23, at which time the final report of the consultant organization, &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1113">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is Private Medical Insurance Really Less Intrusive than Government?</title>
		<link>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1103</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 05:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Jennie Stewart Hospital being treated fairly or not? We have written about the conflicts between medical providers and insurance companies in these pages before. The recent spate of lawsuits and public recriminations related to Medicaid Managed Care in Kentucky &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1103">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UofL&#8217;s Ramsey Urges Board Members and Officers to Lobby over QCCT Fund</title>
		<link>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1086</link>
		<comments>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1086#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 23:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hospital Mergers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My advice to the Mayor and Metro Council. I received a copy of a message University of Louisville President Jim Ramsey sent today to a star-studded list of politically connected board members, University executives, at least one employee of Louisville &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1086">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another Turnover of Deans at the University of Louisville.</title>
		<link>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1073</link>
		<comments>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1073#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 04:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enrollment Management at UofL. I am getting  a lot of new material from Insider Louisville. I envy their information network! (Hint. Hint.) Friday’s content included notice of the fact that following a five-year tenure, Dean Jim Chen of the University &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1073">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Medicaid Managed Care Lawsuits: Further Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1070</link>
		<comments>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1070#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are different MCOs treated differently by the state? Terry Boyd at Insider Louisville has been out front in reporting on the emerging lawsuits by at least one major Medicaid provider against at least two Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) that &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1070">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Final Meetings of UofL Ad Hoc Operations Review Committee.</title>
		<link>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1062</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hospital Mergers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigent Care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Louisville has just announced the dates of two additional meetings of this internal review committee. Come on out and watch the fun! MEDIA ADVISORY: The next meeting of the UMC Ad Hoc Operations Review Committee will be &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1062">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Medicaid Dominoes are Falling.</title>
		<link>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1049</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Second lawsuit by Appalachian Regional Healthcare against Medicaid Managed Care:  This time we also hear from the other side! The prolonged period of confusion following the state-wide implementation of Medicaid Managed care throughout Kentucky was bad enough, but not unexpected &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1049">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Further musings on the lawsuit by ARH Hospitals against KY Medicaid</title>
		<link>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1035</link>
		<comments>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1035#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Appalachian Regional Healthcare, and ARH Mary Breckinridge Hospital are suing the Kentucky Medicaid managed care company, Kentucky Spirit, and the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services in hopes of getting paid better and quicker for their services to Medicaid &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1035">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Medicaid Managed Care Update: Month 5.</title>
		<link>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1021</link>
		<comments>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1021#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Bad to Really Bad. Lawsuit reveals soft underbelly of low payments for Medicaid services. Our friends at Insider Louisville brought to our attention a lawsuit just filed by Appalachian Regional Healthcare Inc. (ARH) against Kentucky Spirit Health Plan, one &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1021">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Spirited Public Hearing on Brownsboro Road Site for New VA Hospital.</title>
		<link>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1007</link>
		<comments>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1007#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Veterans Hospital]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This evening, April 18, the VA Hospital Site Selection staff held a public hearing at Kammerer middle school to update the selection process, and to hear comments from interested citizens. It was an interesting affair to say the least. The &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=1007">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Let My Veterans Go!</title>
		<link>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=997</link>
		<comments>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=997#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Veterans Hospital]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Downtown boosters still hoping to derail the VA&#8217;s decision for a suburban site. Yet another hearing is scheduled for tonight to discuss the site favored by the Veterans Administration on which to build a brand new hospital for the veterans &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=997">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>VA Hospital Location:  Public Forum Tonight: April 18</title>
		<link>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=988</link>
		<comments>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=988#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hospitals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[THE VA HOSPITAL WILL HOST A MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18TH AT KAMMERER MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 7315  WESBORO ROAD (off Herr Lane) from  6 TO 8PM. There will be remarks by Wayne Pfeffer, Director of the VA Hospital on Zorn &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=988">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What should an agreement between the University of Louisville and a new hospital partner look like?</title>
		<link>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=975</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Louisville seems desperate to find a new “partner” for its fundamental academic responsibilities. It claims its principal teaching hospital is failing and in some well-defined ways it is. Here is my best shot at what such a &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=975">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Behind Closed Red Doors at UofL.</title>
		<link>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=967</link>
		<comments>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=967#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What, if anything, is happening? In their original RFP, the University of Louisville and University Medical Center, Inc. announced their intention to sign a Notification of Intent to close a deal with their preferred new partner/owner during the week of &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=967">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Third Meeting of UofL Hospital Operations Review Committee.</title>
		<link>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=949</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally some real data. On April 5, the Ad Hoc Operations review committee of University Medical Center, Inc. (UMC) met for the third time. This was the first meeting in which substantive analysis was presented by the consultants of Dixon &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=949">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More Entrepreneurial Activity at University of Louisville.</title>
		<link>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=942</link>
		<comments>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=942#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not all of it good! The University of Louisville just can&#8217;t catch a break. In today&#8217;s paper were two back-to-back reports commenting on entrepreneurial activities of University faculty and employees. In one, a faculty-associated private company gains an exclusive license &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=942">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Secret UofL RFP Negotiations Continue.</title>
		<link>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=922</link>
		<comments>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=922#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hospital Mergers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Or are they really that secret? It is hard to give an update for process that is secret, but the very fact of the secrecy is the whole point. Yesterday, March 29, the University of Louisville review committee for submissions &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=922">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Harvesting Organs From the Poor.  The American Way.</title>
		<link>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=898</link>
		<comments>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=898#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[More sophisticated than whacking someone over the head and stealing their organs. The papers and media are full of talk about former Vice President Dick Cheney&#8217;s recent heart transplant. There was much discussion about whether at age 71 he was &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=898">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Deadline for Responses to UofL&#8217;s Search for a Partner Has Passed.</title>
		<link>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=883</link>
		<comments>http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=883#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P Hasselbacher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hospital Mergers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will the public have any input? Perhaps not. The deadline for responses to the University&#8217;s search for a new partner was Friday, March 23.  It may not be knowable, now or ever, how many responses were received, or from whom. &#8230; <a href="http://www.khpi.org/blog/?p=883">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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