HOSPITALS: Tri-City hit with $130K in late-reporting fines
Tri-City Medical Center faces $129,500 in fines for failing to promptly
report four “adverse events” at the hospital, including a patient death, in 2008
and early 2009, according to state records.
OCEANSIDE: Tri-City, Scripps battle over which court will decide suit
Scripps has case moved to federal court, but Tri-City asks it be shifted back to state
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OCEANSIDE —- Earlier projections that Tri-City Medical Center could face a $4 million to $6 million loss in the coming budget year have turned around, with executives saying Thursday that they believe the public hospital can turn a very modest profit by June 30, 2010.
Tri-City’s governing board held a collegial, relaxed budget session Thursday [...]
Tri-City earthquake bill clears state Assembly
OCEANSIDE —- Tri-City Medical Center’s efforts to extend the life of its oldest building received a significant boost Wednesday when the California Assembly approved a bill that would give the aging structure an extra seven years to reach earthquake safety compliance.
A team of Tri-City executives, led by interim chief executive officer Larry Anderson, made several [...]
OCEANSIDE: Civil grand jury raps Tri-City board
OCEANSIDE —- The San Diego County grand jury issued a report Tuesday finding that Tri-City Medical Center’s system of governance may be holding the hospital back and urging Tri-City to seek an independent review that would include exploring other governing options.
The report concluded, in part, that Tri-City’s “current model of governance by elected board members [...]
HOSPITALS: Tri-City sues Scripps over patient shift
OCEANSIDE —- Tri-City Medical Center sued Scripps Health Inc. on Tuesday, alleging the giant hospital system has illegally poached Tri-City patients and is risking their health by forcing them to go to distant Scripps-run facilities.
The suit, which seeks a restraining order, also names Sharp Mission Park Medical Group, a North County medical provider whose doctors [...]
OCEANSIDE: Doctors ask for leadership change at Tri-City
OCEANSIDE —- A dozen doctors stood shoulder-to-shoulder Monday at Tri-City Medical Center and said they will ask the hospital’s publicly elected board to help find a new, less incendiary form of government within the next 90 days.
Led by Chief of Staff Dr. Richard Burruss, the physicians said they’ll make a public presentation to the board [...]
