Governing Beaufort County

Stan's ongoing votes pertaining to governing of our home county.

BRHS doctors advise the Board of Commissioners of the system on a merger

According to the experts hired by the board to assist it, those negotiations are expected to be "intense." The board is seeking comments on what should be negotiated and the priorities the boa
October 22nd, 2010

BRHS bid summaries available to public for review, comment

The Beaufort Regional Health System hospital board will be seeking input from BRHS medical staff and the general public regarding the contents of five bids for affiliation.
October 16th, 2010

Richardson: Hospital board will not soon choose an affiliate

With those who were on the fast-track to lease or sell the local hospital down from power, the new Beaufort Regional Health System hospital board will be changing its endgame.
October 16th, 2010

Beaufort County Government's General Meeting Agenda: Monday, October 4, 2010

The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Monday, October 4, 2010.
October 16th, 2010

BRHS hires Susan Gerard as full-time CEO

As full-time CEO, Gerard will relinquish the post of medical practice administrator.
October 16th, 2010

BRHS replaces Chief Financial Officer

Riggs' resignation came just three months after the ex-BRHS Chief Executive Officer Bill Bedsole resigned his post.
October 16th, 2010

BRHS came out $3.2 million worse than expected in 2010

All members of the BRHS Authority Board of Commissioners seem to agree that the primary reason for the income shortfall in 2010 was the loss in patient volume.
October 16th, 2010

County to review 2010 BRHS audit, upsets Piland’s reappointment

The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners applied quite a bit of muscle to firmly center Beaufort Regional Health System on the dual track to recovery, at its general meeting on Tuesday.
October 16th, 2010

Commissioners support $250,000 US-17 economic-impact study

Deatherage was the only commissioner to vote against the resolution on the grounds that spending $250,000 to scientifically prove the obvious would be wasteful.
October 16th, 2010

A few things to consider re. the Hospital

It appears to the "Beaufort Observer Editorial Team" that comments from the public hearing on the furture of the Beaufort County Hospital were, for the most part, excellent, but ...
October 16th, 2010

Beaufort County Government's General Meeting Agenda: Tuesday, September 7, 2010.

The Beaufort County Board of County Commissioners will meet to discuss a variety of issues in their General Meeting on Monday, Tuesday, September 7, 2010.
October 16th, 2010

Public Hearing on BRHS merger brings all sides to the same table

All six BRHS employees who spoke were vehemently in favor of merging the small community hospital with another larger institution.
October 16th, 2010

BRHS reports four site visits, no proposals, from its 14 suitors

In four days, Beaufort Regional Health System will know, for sure, which of the 14 institutions that expressed interest in leasing the hospital are actually potential future partners.
October 4th, 2010

Public Hearing: Beaufort County Medical Center

Press Release for immediate release concerning the management of the Beaufort County Medical Center.
October 4th, 2010

County Commissioner and Hosptial Commissioners provides an update on the Hospital

The RFP is solid, but it does not address some of the important issue the Hospital board will have to address. One of those issues is short term cash flow.
October 4th, 2010

Civitas gives Beaufort County government an ‘A’ for efficiency

This distinction is especially notable, in that only 12 of North Carolina’s 100 counties managed to earn an ‘A’ in government growth for the first decade of the 21st Century.
August 23rd, 2010

Cost/Containment collects thoughts on collecting cash

Concerns regarding methods for transitioning revenue into cash led to a confusing exchange between Cost/Containment Committee members and BRHS Chief Financial Officer Chris Riggs.
August 12th, 2010

BRHS looks to invest in improving its rate of returns

The BCMC Board of Trustees made a leap of faith at its meeting Tuesday toward bringing in a company to help the hospital implement a Clinical Documentation Improvement Program.
July 30th, 2010

Cash-poor hospital accepts county's favor to buy its real estate

The hospital and the county shook hands today on a deal that will provide the hospital with the means to pay its debt service to the county and have operating capital.
July 28th, 2010

Hospital mails RFP’s, Cost-Containment Committee re-emerges

For the moment, Beaufort Regional Health System seems to be making some real progress down the much-debated dual-track approach to saving the Washington-based hospital.
July 28th, 2010

Whose hospital is it anyway? The Beaufort Regional Health System

Second in a series on the Hospital and the Beaufort Health System
July 21st, 2010

Whose hospital is it anyway? We begin a series examining its organizational structure

The purpose of this series is to attempt to provide a simplified description of the multiple entities of that system.
July 19th, 2010

Hospital board decides to stick with Acting CEO, chairman resigns

The Beaufort County Health Systems board met Tuesday night (7-13-10) and decided not to employ an outside "interim CEO or management team"
July 14th, 2010

County Commissioners hear a report on the Hospital

Commissioner Hood Richardson challenges the Committee of 100 and the Buster Humphries to explain why the Beaufort County Medical Center is not capable of surviving without a partner.
July 14th, 2010

The Hospital Board is acting illegally and it should stop doing so to keep public support

N.C.G.S. §143-318.10 provides that a "public meeting" occurs when a majority of a public body assembles to discuss the business of that public body.
July 12th, 2010
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