Medical Center to subsidize hospitalists
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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 2005
Page
1
Hospital district plans four hospitalist doctors at Medical Center
Ector County Hospital District aims to hire four hospitalists to work exclusively at Medical Center Hospital next year. The 501(a) ProCare subsidiary would subsidize the program, with projected 2006 costs of 687000 and offset revenues of 336000, drawing concern over added expenses after a prior district loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Medical Center Hospital
ProCare
Texas
Robert Abernethy
Fred Martin
MCH
Hospitalists at MCH eyed with growth plan
MCH weighs hiring four hospitalists initially with potential to add two more. Salaries would run 60 000 to 80 000 dollars each, plus support staff and other costs. Total annual program cost is about 550 000 dollars for MCH and Texas Tech Internal Medicine. The term hospitalist began in 1996 when about 800 were employed nationwide. now about 10 000 work as projections say 25 000 by 2010.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MCH
Hospital
Texas Tech
ECISD Eyes New Truancy Court Location
ECISD officials seek a new home for the district truancy court after dissatisfaction with Odessa city operations. The Aug 16 school board budget includes 300000 for the court, while ECISD reports no attendance gains from the current arrangement. 2004-05 average daily attendance was 94.7 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Odessa
Jim Bobo
Independent School District School Board
Adela Vasquez
ECISD
What is Truancy and its penalties in ECISD
Truancy is a Class C misdemeanor defined by 10 or more unexcused absences in a school year with possible charges against parents for minor truants. More than three unexcused absences in any four-week period may also incur charges. ECISD notes no attendance gain from truancy court, with a 94.7 percent average daily attendance, below the 95.6 percent state 2002-03 average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ECISD
Texas Parks Unit Eyes Sale of Big Bend Ranch Acreage
Texas Parks and Wildlife commissioners will discuss selling 45 000 acres or about one sixth of Big Bend Ranch State Park in a closed Austin session. Houston businessman John Poindexter who owns nearby Cibolo Creek Ranch has been in negotiations with the department. The sale could raise funds to buy portions of private lands within the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
John Poindexter
Austin
The
Austin American-Statesman
Parks and Wildlife Department
Poindexter
Cibolo Creek Ranch
Big Bend
Big Bend State Park
Election official in fight for job
Sharon Wilson, Ector County Elections Administrator for 18 years, faces removal after disputed resignation claims. County Judge Jerry Caddel says she resigned Monday in a closed session, while Wilson asserts she did not resign and asked if commissioners wanted her to resign. The controversy follows recent talks on election procedures involving Wilson, Caddel, County Attorney Cathy Linch, Assistant County Attorney Lilly Plummer, and a Justice Department representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Wilson
Ector County Elections Commission
Jerry Caddel
Wilson
Caddel
Ector County Commissioners Court
Cathy Linch
Lilly Plummer
U.S. Justice Department
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Ector County Hospital Board
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Texas Education Agency
Big Bend Park
Associated Press
Freedom
Life & Times
Sunday's
Justice Department
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