NEWS

JANUARY 2010                             

DAN YANCY RESIGNS AS HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR

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KSHN RADIO NEWS LEARNED YESTERDAY THAT DR. DAN YANCY ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE LIBERTY DAYTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER HAS RESIGNED AFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 12 BUT STEPPED AWAY FROM HIS RESPONSIBILITIES HERE IMMEDIATELY. YANCY HAS SERVED AS HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS. BRUCE STRATTON WHO SERVES AS PRESIDENT OF THE LIBERTY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND A MEMBER OF THE BOARD THAT OVERSEES OPERATION OF THE LIBERTY DAYTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, TOLD US DR. YANCY WANTED A NEW YEAR LONG CONTRACT. SOUTHERN PLAIN MEDICAL GROUP , WHO IS MANAGING THE HOSPITAL AND IS POISED TO BECOME PART OWNER, WANTED YANCY TO STAY IN HIS JOB BUT WOULD NOT GIVE HIM A YEAR CONTRACT UNTIL ALL THE PAPER WORK WAS COMPLETE REMOVING FRONTIER HEALTH CARE FROM ALL INVOLVEMENT IN THE HOSPITAL. . MR. STRATTON REMINDED US THAT UNTIL FRONTIER IS GONE SOUTHERN PLAINS IS ON A MONTH TO MONTH MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AND DID NOT WANT A YEAR LONG COMMITMENT UNTIL ALL THE OTHER ISSUES WERE IN PLACE FOR SOUTHERN’S PARTNERSHIP.. YANCY DID NOT WANT TO WAIT FOR THE CONTRACT AND RESIGNED. TOM RICE, CEO FOR SOUTHERN PLAINS, ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION WHICH PAYS DR. YANCY UNTIL FEBRUARY 12^TH BUT SAID THAT IF DR. YANCY WASN’T IN THE LONG TERM PICTURE OF MANAGEMENT THEN HE SHOULD STEP DOWN NOW. AS BEST WE CAN TELL YANCY HAS BEEN A RESPECTED PIECE OF THE PUZZLE BOTH DURING FRONTIERS OWNERSHIP AND THE TRANSITIONS TO THE NEW OWNERSHIP, STILL UNDERWAY. SOUTHERN PLAINS HAS AN INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR READY TO TAKE OVER DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS IMMEDIATELY. WE ASKED BRUCE STRATTON TO EXPLAIN WHY ALBERT SCHWARZER IS STILL LEGALLY IN THE OWNERSHIP PICTURE OF THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND THEIR NEW PARTNER SOUTHERN PLAINS MEDICAL GROUP IS NOT YET A FULL PARTNER. .

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IT IS HOPED THAT THIS WEEK OR VERY SOON THE FINAL SEPARATION WITH ALBERT SCHWARZER WILL BE CONSUMMATED. THE LIBERTY DAYTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IS NOW DOING THEIR OWN BILLING AND STARTING TO RECEIVE PAYMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED FROM INSURANCE COMPANIES AND SOME OTHER SOURCES. MR. STRATTON SAID FIRST PAYMENTS FROM MEDICARE WILL BEGIN FLOWING INTO THE HOSPITALS BANK ACCOUNTS IN DAYS. SINCE THE NIGHTMARE CLOSING AND SUBSEQUENT REOPENING THE LOCAL MEDICAL FACILITY, WHICH IS QUITE BUSY, HAS NOT RECEIVED OPERATIONAL MONEY BEYOND WHAT IS PROVIDED FROM THE TAX SUPPORTED HOSPITAL DISTRICT. THE HOSPITALS PATIENT ROOMS HAVE BEEN RECENTLY REFURNISHED WITH NEW BEDS AND OTHER FURNITURE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS. HALLS AND ROOMS HAVE BEEN REPAINTED AND THE ENTIRE HOSPITAL HAS A BRIGHTER LOOK TO IT. MR. STRATTON VERY SOON NEW TV SETS WILL BE IN EVERY ROOM. ONCE ALL THE PAPERWORK IS FINALIZED AND MR. SCHWARZER IS COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM OWNERSHIP THE TI GROUP, OPERATING AS SOUTHERN PLAINS MEDICAL GROUP, WILL COMPLETE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT. THEN THEIR SHARE OF THE COST FOR OPERATING THE HOSPITAL WILL MATCH THAT OF THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT .ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN A LONG HARD BATTLE BRUCE STRATTON SAID THAT SHOULD HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS..