By PETER HUSSMANN
Skiff Medical Center's financial losses continue to mount as the city-owned hospital recorded a $1.06 million loss from operations in November bringing total operational losses for the first five months of the fiscal year to more than $2.3 million.
The hospital's financial results were released as part of the [...]
Newton Independent
Skiff Medical Center today announced the appointment of a number of local hospital employees to interim management positions now currently held by representatives of the B.E. Smith consulting firm, the Kansas-based firm that is concluding its work with the city-owned hospital.
"When Steve Long, our new CEO, arrives in mid-January," [...]
Newton Independent
Skiff Medical Center honored 18 individuals with a combined 400 years of service to the city-owned hospital during the 2009 Employee Service Awards held Friday at the hospital.
Employees, physicians and board members were invited to attend the luncheon. Interim Administrator Brett Altman, also a service award recipient, emceed the [...]
Newton Independent
Bob Campbell, director of quality management at Skiff Medical Center, will leave the position he's held at the city-owned hospital since 1995 to take a similar post at Spencer Hospital in northwest Iowa.
Hospital officials in Spencer said Campbell has accepted the position of Quality Services Director and will begin' [...]
Newton Independent
Jasper County senior citizens have until Dec. 31 to open enroll into new plans for Medicare health and prescription drug coverage and Skiff Medical Center is trying to make residents aware of a free program that may help residents make the best decision for their individual situations.
The Senior Health [...]
Newton Independent
Skiff Medical Center and Jasper County Public Health will host an H1N1 vaccination clinic from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 8, in the hospital's Specialty Clinic located on the main level of the Ross Medical Arts Building, 300 N. 4th Ave. E.
The vaccines will be given on a' [...]
Newton Independent
The Skiff Medical Center Board of Trustees will hold closed sessions today and Tuesday to discuss patient care quality and process improvements.
The meetings, being held at 1 p.m. today and 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, are being closed to the public because marketing and pricing strategies, along with other proprietary information, will be [...]
By PETER HUSSMANN
The Skiff Medical Center Board of Trustees will hold a closed session for the "evaluation of personnel" at 5 p.m. Monday at the hospital board room.
Notification of the special meeting was provided early Saturday afternoon.
In calling for the closed session, the agenda states that it not to [...]
