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 held on Wednesday, May 9th @ 3:30 p.m. in the Glass Room in the basement of the Ambulatory Care Building at University of Louisville Hospital.The agenda will include:
1) Update by Dixon Hughes GoodmanNote: A date of Wednesday, May 23rd has been set for Dixon Hughes Goodman to present its final report. Time would also be @ 3:30 p.m. in the Glass Room in the basement of the Ambulatory Care Building at University of Louisville Hospital.
Comment:
The Ad Hoc Committee was initiated by the University following revelations that it had failed in its oversight responsibility for of the Quality Community Care Trust (QCCT) that pays for some uncompensated care at University Hospital, and on the heels of a scolding and requirement by the Commonwealth to repay at least some of the funds intended for Medicaid patients that were diverted into other uses. I have written extensively about the background of these matters [Search for ‘QCCT’ in the box above.] and the conduct of the first three meetings of the committee elsewhere on these pages.
The University had originally promised openness in the conduct of its committee, but I have been less than impressed. We have been told that any final public report will not necessarily have any of the underlying data attached. To me that means that any report would be unverifiable. That is a shame and indicates that the University continues to operate in same secrecy that has served it poorly in regaining the trust of its public owners, and allows skullduggery by University employees to incubate more easily than it should.
Originally the University had hoped that the Committee’s work would be finished during the first week of May before the Kentucky Derby. Of course the University also had intended that its Request for Proposals to find a new partner for its academic, business, and clinical responsibilities to have been completed earlier this month. That process has been extended indefinitely among reports that the process collapsed completely. [I will report on my understanding of this matter later.] The University’s downtown medical center seems to be in chaos. Come on UofL, let your public help you! To do so, we first need to trust you and see the transparency appropriate for a public entity. If I am the only one who feels you are not living up to these obligations, then I apologize, but I do not believe that to be the case.
Peter Hasselbacher, MD
April 26, 2012