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Jeffco's efforts to downsize Cooper Green termed a "failure" some doctors say (video)
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 1 month ago
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The Jefferson County Commission's efforts to downsize Cooper Green Mercy Hospital have been an "abject failure" and primary care services for many indigent patients are almost nonexistent, a group of area doctors said today in a press release.
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Jeffco won't pay $4 million to area hospitals for treating indigent; says verification needed
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 1 month ago
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Jefferson County owes nearly $4 million to four area hospitals that have treated indigent county patients since Cooper Green Mercy Hospital was downsized on Jan. 1 , according to county records. Dozens of invoices totaling $3,952,535 have been sent
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Jefferson County Manager Tony Petelos sees light at end of tunnel 'and it's not a train'
Hoover :: AL :: USA | 2 months ago
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It has been 18 months since Tony Petelos gave up his job as Hoover's mayor to become Jefferson County's first professional manager, and it has not been fun, Petelos told the Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce today. Between bankruptcy , the closing of
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Bill would reallocate Jefferson County sales taxes away from Cooper Green, indigent care fund
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 2 months ago
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A bill introduced in the Alabama Legislature would reallocate Jefferson County sales taxes currently earmarked for the indigent care fund. Meanwhile, the county manager says that it is too early to tell how much the county will need to finance its
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Former Cooper Green Mercy Hospital employees face new hurdle in fight to get jobs back
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 2 months ago
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Even if the Personnel Board of Jefferson County decides the county should not have placed more than 200 Cooper Green Mercy Hospital employees on administrative leave without pay in December, those former hospital workers face a new obstacle to
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Antique mainframe partly blamed for growing car tag lines in Jefferson County
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 3 months ago
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An antique mainframe system in the Jefferson County revenue department is being partly blamed for the increasing car tag renewal lines at courthouses in Birmingham, Bessemer and Center Point, according to officials. "The mainframe system that we have
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Jefferson County asks for it: Now here's feedback on four hour car tag wait. (podcast)
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 3 months ago
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That comment-seeking process, plus updates on the county's bankruptcy and a renewed interest in an occupational tax, are the subject of this week's episode of The Down Low on Jeffco podcast...Commenters on Al.com didn't waste any time voicing their
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Four hour wait for a car tag? Jefferson County officials want feedback
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 3 months ago
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You fill that card out and give your feelings on how you were treated." The lines for car tags and other motor vehicles services -- an ongoing problem in Jefferson County -- have steadily increased since the beginning of the year , according to
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Uninsured Jefferson County residents flooding area hospitals with Cooper Green Hospital's ER shut
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 3 months ago
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A sharp, sudden increase in the number of uninsured patients seeking help at Birmingham emergency rooms has some hospital executives concerned about medical services for the poor. Such visits have increased nearly 20 percent at several area medical
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With his slogan canned, some now want Jefferson County CEO Tony Petelos gone
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 3 months ago
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Some weeks may have been worse, but the past two are among the most challenging on the job for Jefferson County Manager Tony Petelos. On Monday, state lawmakers held a public hearing to do away with his position . Last week, one County Commissioner
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