SAVE SAN LEANDRO HOSPITALDec. 12, 2011 | The Eden Township Healthcare District notified financially-strapped St. Rose Hospital last week it was in default of a $2.35 million loan the elected body provided the Hayward private hospital last fall. The Dec. 6 letter… Read More ›
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State Appeals Court Hears Opening Arguments in San Leandro Hospital Case
SUTTER HEALTH V. EDEN TOWNSHIP DISTRICTSAN FRANCISCO | Nov. 2, 2011 | Oral arguments for the appellate case between Sutter Health and the Eden Township Healthcare District over the possession of San Leandro Hospital began Tuesday morning. Attorney’s for both… Read More ›
Emails Detail Controversial Lease Discussions for San Leandro Hospital
Sept. 26, 2011 | Sutter Health, the operator of San Leandro Hospital, and the Alameda County Medical Center acknowledged in correspondences the controversial lease they signed in July 2009 is expired and discussed renewal of the agreement after current litigation between Sutter… Read More ›
Alameda County Officials Learn the Depth of Fiscal Problems at St. Rose Hospital
OAKLAND | Sept. 2, 2011 | Hayward’s St. Rose Hospital is borrowing from Peter to pay Paul as its increasingly dire financial situation becomes clearer to county officials already struggling to maintain its underfunded health care system. A preliminary fiscal and… Read More ›
State Audit Committee to Examine Sutter, Other Non-Profit Tax-Exempt Benefit
Sept. 1, 2011 | Lawmakers in Sacramento will begin investigating the public worthiness of non-profit health care providers who benefit from their tax-exempt status. The audit requested by Senate Majority Leader Ellen Corbett was approved Aug. 24 by the Joint Legislative… Read More ›
389 Seconds with Alameda County Health Director Alex Briscoe
As the average age of county residents increases in tandem with continuing cuts in federal and state funding, Alameda County Health Care Service Agency Director Alex Briscoe is at the center of one of the region’s most fundamental and vexing questions: how… Read More ›
After Three Years of Hand-Wringing San Leandro Joins Fight To Save Its Hospital
ANALYSIS Like in Washington, the people running San Leandro failed to listened to their constituents with tangible action. It took the City of San Leandro three years to make a move on the issue with this week’s filing of an amicus brief… Read More ›
St. Rose Gets $3 Million Loan From Eden District After Billing Snafu
It was only months ago that St. Rose Hospital sought to save the Eden Township Healthcare District and San Leandro Hospital, now the Hayward facility needs a short-term $3 million loan to meet payroll after a software problem stopped it… Read More ›
Chan Says Sutter’s San Leandro Hospital Lease With ACMC Not Valid
WITHOUT ACMC, SUTTER WOULD HAVE NO OPERATOR FOR FACILITY AS ACUTE REHAB CENTERBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter OAKLAND – The controversial lease many supporters of saving San Leandro Hospital believe was negotiated in secret between Sutter Health and the… Read More ›
Chan Urges Sutter To Negotiate; Warns Supervisors Are Unified
COUNTY OFFERS 50 REHAB BEDS AT ST. ROSE TO BE OPERATED BY ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTERBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter In a letter to the CEO of Sutter Health, Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan urges the health provider to… Read More ›
Mahoney Says He Hopes To Be Leader Of Proposed Healthcare District
ST. ROSE CEO SAYS IF SUTTER DEALS, A DEAL COULD BE MADE IN 6 MONTHSBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.com@eastbaycitizen on twitter The Hayward City Council unanimously backed a resolution Tuesday night in favor of the plan to consolidate its own St. Rose… Read More ›
One Former District Member Returns To The Scene Of The Crime
LOCAL LEADERS SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL; ONE SITS QUIETLY IN THE BACKBy Steven TavaresSteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.com@eastbaycitizen on twitter Former Eden TownshipDirector Suzanne Barba Two years ago, Dr. Miles Adler infamously called out some members of the San Leandro City… Read More ›
Large Crowd Gets Behind Latest Plan To Save San Leandro Hospital
COLLECTIVE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY OFFERS SUPPORT OF ST. ROSE PLANBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.com@eastbaycitizen on twitter A gathering in excess of 300 residents registered overwhelming support for the latest plan to save San Leandro Hospital. Not since a string of heavily-attended… Read More ›
Whew! The Mess Brought On By Prime Nearly Came To San Leandro
REPORT: PRIME OVERBILLED COSTLY DIAGNOSES TO MEDICAREBy Steven TavaresSteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.com@eastbaycitizen on twitter In June 2009, a slight, dark-skinned Indian man with a bright smile and the words of fast-talking carnival barker thoroughly aroused the hopes and dreams of hundreds of San Leandro… Read More ›
Mahoney Takes Proposal To Save San Leandro Hospital To The Community
SUPPORTERS URGED RESIDENTS TO ATTEND MAY 17 TOWN HALL; APPEAL TO SUTTERBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.com@eastbaycitizen on twitter In his first public appearance on the newest proposal to save San Leandro Hospital, the CEO of Hayward’s St. Rose added details to the… Read More ›
Chan Asks ACMC To Drop Proposed Lease With Sutter For Hospital
CRITICS CONTEND SUTTER NEVER HAD RIGHT TO MAKE AGREEMENT FOR FACILITY IT DID NOT OWNBy Steven Tavares Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan has notified the CEO of the Alameda County Medical Center the Board of Supervisors will not support a… Read More ›
County Policy Makers Need To Follow St. Rose’s Lead
URGENCY FOR SAVING SAN LEANDRO HOSPITAL EVEN GREATER WITH SPECTER OF ‘THE BIG ONE’ STRIKING THE EAST BAYBy Jeanine Chatman and Carol Barazi The future of San Leandro Hospital has been in doubt for over two years, but at long last,… Read More ›
The Plan For San Leandro Hospital You’ve Been Waiting For
DESPITE PAST OBJECTIONS, SUTTER HAS REASONS TO DEALBy Steven Tavares The dedicated folks who have successfully kept San Leandro Hospital open for over two years despite pressure from Sutter Health and others to close the facility have never been particularly interested… Read More ›
St. Rose CEO Unveils Details Of Plan To Save San Leandro Hospital
MAHONEY PLAN WOULD MERGE HOSPITALS UNDER DISTRICT’S CONTROL; BE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABLEBy Steven Tavares The president and CEO of St. Rose Hospital thinks he may have the silver bullet needed to save San Leandro Hospital while remaking how health care is dispersed in… Read More ›
Two East Bay Leaders Attempt To Saves Lives At Any Cost
CHABOT’S KINNAMON AND DISTRICT’S ROGERS ARE DOING THE RIGHT THINGBy Steven Tavares At first glance, there is little commonality between San Leandro Hospital and Hayward’s proposed gas-fired, 600-megawatt Russell City Energy Center other than the causal effect of pollution from… Read More ›
Healthcare District Files Intent To Appeal Court Decision With Sutter
SUTTER SAYS DISTRICT OWES IT $700,000 IN LEGAL FEESBy Steven Tavares The Eden Township Healthcare District could be on the hook for an additional $700,000 in legal fees if it does not win its appeal of a Superior Court decision… Read More ›
Sutter’s Consolidation Forces Higher Rates In Bay Area
NORCAL PATIENTS PAY FAR MORE THAN THOSE IN SOCAL ATTRIBUTED TO SUTTER’S DOMINANCESan Leandro residents are well aware of the threat to their health and pocket book as hospitals like Sutter Health move to consolidate their presence in the Bay… Read More ›
St. Rose To The Rescue
CORBETT, LOCAL LEADERS RALLY TO SUPPORT PLAN FOR ST. ROSE TO OPERATE SAN LEANDRO HOSPITALBy Steven Tavares A lawyer for Hayward’s St. Rose Hospital gave the first public acknowledgement Wednesday it is seeking to operate San Leandro Hospital. “If this… Read More ›
Chan Has Support of Supes To Stop County Deal
ST. ROSE’S OFFER WOULD ENTAIL INDEPENDENT HOSPITAL EVENTUALLY JOINING EDEN TOWNSHIP By Steven Tavares Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan says she believes progress has been made convincing the county to rescind its offer two years ago to convert San Leandro Hospital… Read More ›
Eden District In Talks With St. Rose Over Operating San Leandro Hospital
EXCLUSIVEPRESSURE BUILDING ON BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO RESCIND OFFER FOR ACUTE REHAB AT SLHBy Steven Tavares St. Rose Hospital is an independent163-bed community facility in Hayward. The president of Hayward’s St. Rose Hospital is in preliminary talks with the Eden Township… Read More ›
Stark: Sutter Marches To Their Own Tune
HE SAYS THERE IS LITTLE HE CAN DO TO HELP SAN LEANDRO HOSPITALBy Steven Tavares Supporters of keeping the doors open at San Leandro Hospital, don’t expect help from the federal government. Rep. Pete Stark said during a town hall… Read More ›
District’s Legal Fees Mount; Supporters Say Continue
HEALTHCARE DISTRICT HAS SPENT $2 MILLION IN SUIT AGAINST SUTTER HEALTHBy Steven Tavares Legal fees for the Eden Township Healthcare District’s lawsuit against Sutter Health has reached $2 million following a minor setback in court last week. The District’s denial… Read More ›
Same Story, Different Hospital
Marin General will not close, but similarities in Sutter’s legal strategy is evident. SUTTER’S LEGAL FIGHT IN MARIN HAS SIMILAR NARRATIVE TO SAN LEANDROThe operator of San Leandro Hospital, Sutter Health, last week happily agreed to meet with arbitrators in its… Read More ›
New Year, New People In Charge of San Leandro
FIVE IMPORTANT NEW FACES WILL NEED TIME TO MESHBy Steven Tavares These are either times of great upheaval calling for a new stewardship or a confluence of rough economic waters navigated by political novices. Either way, 2011 is shaping up… Read More ›
City Budgets Prepare For The Worst in 2010
YEAR-IN-REVIEW / JANUARY – MARCH LAI-BITKER PASSES ON RE-ELECTION; SAN LEANDRO APPROVES RCV; HEALTHCARE DISTRICT SUES SUTTER BAD OMEN: A black cat strolls into a conference room at San Leandro City Hall in January as the finance director announces the city… Read More ›
