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Thursday, August 16, 2007
More pressure for Grady: Shafer shops bill mandating hospital be run by non-profit corporation
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
State Sen. David Shafer (R-Duluth) is directing his colleagues to a web site he’s had set up, featuring his legislation that would require the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority to contract with a non-profit corporation to manage Grady Memorial Hospital and its operations.
The site is www.reforminggrady.org.
“Changing the form of governance is a necessary first step and not a bargaining chip for state aid,” Shafer said this morning, via e-mail.
In a letter to other state senators, posted on the site, Shafer has this:
“This nonprofit form of management is almost universally recognized as the most efficient and effective way to manage a large urban public hospital. It is widely used throughout the country and has been voluntarily adopted by every other county hospital authority in the metro Atlanta area.
“The lone holdout is the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority, which operates Grady Hospital and Grady Health System.”
On Wednesday, the Fulton County Commission withheld some much-needed cash from Grady, but promised funds if the hospital authority took the steps toward a new management structure.
Here’s a link to today’s latest AJC story on Grady.
Moving pictures, with sound
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Ric Mayfield of Georgians for Romney sends this link to about five minutes of video of Mitt Romney’s visit to Atlanta on Wednesday. Click and enjoy.
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