Columbia to buy Lawrence medical practice and move doctors
Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp will acquire Lawrence Family Practice Center and relocate four physicians to the Columbia Mount Oread campus, with plans to sign by June 30. The change aims to expand services while keeping patient notice provisions and preserving the current care quality. Columbia would then own 14 physicians in Lawrence, with 16 additional local physicians indirectly affiliated.
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Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp
Lawrence Family Practice Center
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Rockledge Rd
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Bradley Phipps
Carla Phipps
Columbia/Mount Oread
Clinton Pkwy
Columbia
Kevin Hicks
Hicks
Lawrence Hospital Sale Leaves LMH Unchanged in Focus
LMH board chair Raymond Davis said the acquisition by Columbia Pacific Health will not alter LMH's status as the hospital of choice for Lawrence residents. He noted Columbia’s plan for a second Lawrence hospital appears not to affect referrals, and terms of the Lawrence Family Practice/Columbia deal were not disclosed. Columbia remains the nation’s largest health care provider with 285,000 employees and 75,000 affiliated physicians.
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Raymond Davis
Lawrence
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Columbia
Lawrence Family Practice
Budget blueprint advances in House with bipartisan support
The House Budget Committee approved a bipartisan outline of the Clinton administration budget accord by 31-7, aiming to eliminate federal deficits by 2002 and reduce taxes. Seven Democrats opposed, 20 Republicans and 11 Democrats supported. Senate action and a final version expected next week.
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Graves OKs abortion bill to require face-to-face meeting
Governor Bill Graves signed a law mandating a doctor patient face-to-face meeting before an abortion. The measure, called informed consent or a woman’s right to know, also folds in the Kennedy Kassebaum act and Patients’ Protection Act to broaden insurance access and curb gag orders. A packet of written information will be provided by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
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Torexas
Bill Graves
Graves
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Karin Brownlee
Rolathe
Sandy Praeger
R Lawrence
Health and Public Welfare Committee
Gingrich alters loan plan with Dole over ethics case
Speaker Newt Gingrich and his wife reached a revised loan repayment arrangement with ex Senator Bob Dole after the House ethics committee signaled disapproval of the initial plan. The new terms cap the loan at 150,000 dollars with five year repayments starting 2000 and 7,500 dollar semiannual interest, life insurance naming Dole as beneficiary, and a 2005 due date for the principal.
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Newt Gingrich
House Ethics Committee
House
Gingrich
Bob Dole
Marianne
Dole
Marietta, Ga
Mobutu Flees Kinshasa to Exile as Rebels Close In
Mobutu Sese Seko leaves Kinshasa after three generals verdicts, slipping from the capital in civilian clothes to Brazzaville. Rebels advance, loyal radio debates legitimacy, and citizens greet the opposing forces with welcome signs as Africa’s long-time dictator relinquishes power after 32 years.
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Kin- Kiey Mulumba
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Nzimbi Ngbale
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