IS IT TRUE MAY 24, 2018

IS IT TRUE that Henderson Community Methodist Hospital is one of the largest employers in Henderson County?  …that Henderson Community Methodist Hospital has major economic, employment, educational and quality of life impact in our region?

IS IT TRUE it been alleged that members of the Henderson Community Methodist Hospital Board of Directors will be meeting with Deaconess Hospital Healthcare-Evansville officials today at noon to discuss a possible partnership, merger or some other type of a business agreement between the two area not-for-profits healthcare providers?  …we have no idea of the location of this meeting or if members of the public or the media will be allowed to attend this meeting?

IS IT TRUE it’s was alleged that officials of the Owensboro Health System were interested in discussing with the cash scraped Henderson Community Methodist Hospital Board of Directors about a possible partnership, merger or total take over agreement?  …its alleged that the Henderson Community Methodist Hospital Board of Directors declined to entertain an offer from Owensboro Health System?

IS IT TRUE it has been alleged that the Kentucky Association Of Counties “Lending Trust Fund” indicated an interest in taking on the $23 million bond debt of the Henderson  Community Methodist Hospital’s but their Board of Directors decided against that option?

IS IT TRUE it been alleged that the State of Kentucky law prohibits Deaconess Healthcare-Evansville to take total control of Henderson Community Methodist Hospital?

IS IT TRUE that it’s been rumored there are plans to reduce the size of the Henderson Community Methodist Hospital Board of Directors from 27 members to only nine (9)?  …if that happens the Henderson Community Methodist Hospital would appoint three (3) members, Deaconess Healthcare-Evansville would appoint three (3) members and a third party would appoint the remaining three (3) members to serve on the Henderson Community Methodist Hospital Board Of Directors?  … it’s possible if the appointees of Deaconess Healthcare-Evansville and the three (3) board members representing the third party vote as a block it’s conceivable that Deaconess Healthcare-Evansville could take control of Henderson Community Methodist Hospital Board of Directors?

IS IT TRUE it’s alleged that the $20 million dollar Deaconess’s EPIC software program may be adopted by the new Henderson Community Methodist Hospital Board of Directors?  …if this happens its alleged it could put independent Henderson area physicians on the hook to pay for a new $2.35 per patient fee?

IS IT TRUE that Henderson’s Mayor Steve Austin is the current Vice Chairman of the Methodist Hospital Board of Directors? …that his Mayoral opponent in the upcoming General election Robert Pruitt said: “I believe the citizens of Henderson deserve to have a say in what’s going to happen to Henderson Methodist Community Hospital, and I hope the board doesn’t let Steve Austin destroy our hospital the way he allowed Big Rivers to destroy the Electric Company”?

IS IT TRUE it been alleged that yesterday a couple of department heads at Henderson Community Methodist Hospital were told that they had by next Tuesday to submit three (3) names to be layoff on July 1, 2018?  …if this is true it means that 15 hospital employees will be laid off on July 1, 2018?

IS IT TRUE if Henderson Community Methodist Hospital were forced to close their doors because of poor decisions made by hospital Administrators and Board of Director members the economically disadvantaged citizens living in the Henderson area will be forced to travel to Owensboro or Madisonville because many of the state-sponsored healthcare programs in Kentucky will not reimburse hospitals located in nearby Evansville?

IS IT TRUE that several board members of both hospitals are hoping that members of the mainstream media won’t touch this story because they spend many hundreds of thousands of dollars each year in advertising with these media outlets?

Today’s READERS POLL question is: Do you feel that the Henderson Methodist Community Hospital Board of Director should hold a public meeting to discuss the future of their Hospital?