Alameda Hospital earned a “C” grade the in The Leapfrog Group’s Spring 2016 hospital safety score update. (Google Street View)
Alameda Hospital has earned a “C” grade in The Leapfrog Group’s spring safety score update.
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Your health insurance plan may not cover you at Alameda Hospital. (Google Street View) Alameda residents are complaining that Alameda Hospital no longer accepts common insurance plans, with no immediate resolution in sight. And local health officials don’t seem to want to talk about it. […] It’s clear from the financials why Alameda Hospital wants to hitch itself to Alameda Health System. Some things became clearer, but some remained fuzzy, about a possible hook-up between Alameda Hospital and Alameda Health System after an Alameda Hospital Community Relations Board meeting earlier this week. […] Alameda Hospital officials say they mail the community wellness newsletter every fall. Alameda Hospital officials are defending as routine the mailing of a glossy ‘community wellness’ newsletter depicting all five hospital board members at the height of election season. Action Alameda News readers had questioned if the piece sent out by the publicly funded […] Wilma Chan Campaign filings show that Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan paid a $135.86 printing bill for her husband Michael McCormick, an incumbent running for re-election on the Alameda Health Care District Board of Directors. […] At tonight’s meeting of the Alameda Health Care District Board of Directors, the Board will hear a financial report showing that the hospital lost $309,000 in July, compared to an expected loss of only $172,000. The management report also reveals an error in the fiscal year 2013 operating budget. The “temporary agency expense” category of […] Responding to public records requests, Alameda Hospital has released employee salary data. The hospital is governed by the Alameda Health Care District which collects roughly $6 million per year from Alameda taxpayers via a $298 per parcel tax. […] The California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) has ruled that Dr. Robert Deutsch, M.D., who operates a pulmonary practice out of Alameda Hospital and sits on the Alameda Health Care District Board of Directors, does not have a conflict of interest when voting to impose the Hospital’s annual parcel tax. […] Through a parcel tax, Alameda taxpayers subsidize Alameda Hospital to the tune of roughly $6 million per year. Recently, in an exchange of op-ed articles in the local press, former Alameda City Councilmember Frank Matarrese suggested that we can no longer afford to support a full service hospital in Alameda, and Alameda Hospital CEO Deborah […] Last week, a medical malpractice lawsuit against Alameda Hospital was filed in Alameda County Superior Court, claiming damages of less than $10,000. […] |
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