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Jackson Hospital suffered a setback in federal bankruptcy court on Wednesday.
The last pebble in our sling is with the courts and our government leaders. Our prayer is that with their help, that pebble will strike home, and Jackson Hospital will survive.
Recent news regarding Jackson Hospital’s potential closure has understandably raised concerns among patients, families, employers and health care providers across the River Region.
If Jackson Hospital closes, patients will go to Baptist where they will encounter the chaos of an overburdened hospital and where BCBS will pay the higher rates anyway. So why not pay those rates to Jackson and prevent what will be a local and regional healthcare calamity?
Jackson Hospital will close on June 25 unless Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) increases its reimbursement rate, according to Jackson Hospital president and CEO John Quinlivan.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield has brought Jackson Hospital to the “brink of closure,” according to Jackson Hospital CEO John Quinlivan.
Jackson Hospital filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Blue Cross and Blue Shield over alleged “unfair reimbursement rates.”
Members of the Montgomery County Commission failed to pass a new $7.5 million spending package for Jackson Hospital at their Tuesday meeting.
Members of the Montgomery City Council and Montgomery County Commission will vote on Tuesday to approve another $15 million for Jackson Hospital.
Jackson Hospital announced on Monday the appointment of a new three-member board of trustees and the selection of John Quinlivan as chief executive officer.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed vetoed a resolution funding bankrupt Jackson Hospital that unanimously passed the city council at their October 7 meeting.
After months of tumultuous negotiations, bankruptcy filings, and massive restructuring, Montgomery’s Jackson Hospital recently announced new leadership changes as the organization continues restructuring.
Jackson Healthcare, one of the nation’s providers of healthcare workforce services, announced that its parent company, Jackson Investment Group, will provide a debtor in possession loan to Jackson Hospital & Clinic, enabling it to remain open to serve the Montgomery community as it undergoes Chapter 11 bankruptcy and reorganization proceedings.
Jackson Hospital officials announced on Tuesday they’d filed for bankruptcy.
The Montgomery City Council declined to guarantee a loan for Jackson Hospital, which the institution requires to receive $20.5 million from its bondholders to keep its doors open.
Dozens of Jackson Hospital employees joined leadership and city officials to lobby for the upcoming vote in the Montgomery City Council to guarantee a bond to prevent the hospital from permanently closing its doors.
Jackson Hospital recently began diverting some cardiac patients to other hospitals.
Two top officials at the Montgomery-based Jackson Hospital & Clinic have stepped down as part of the hospital's financial restructuring.
Members of the Alabama Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Montgomery’s Jackson Hospital is immune from a 2020 wrongful death lawsuit brought by a patient’s family.
S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term rating to D (default) from CC on The Medical Clinic Board of the City of Montgomery’s series 2015 bonds issued for Jackson Hospital and Clinic on Wednesday.