MU Health Care outlines plans for cuts

[Sherman A1]

University of Missouri Health Care outlined a plan to save $25 million over the next three to five years Monday morning.

MU Health Care CEO Jonathan Curtright and Chief Financial Officer Mike Blair announced the plan at a meeting of the UM Board of Curators Health Affairs Committee in January. Monday Curtright and Blair outlined cuts that will be made as part its plan to maintain $100 million in operating income over the next 10 years.

Executives in the health care system identified three levels of cost savings from the easiest items to cut to the hardest. Only items in the top “A” level will be cut, Curtright told the board.

“We believe this has a high probability of success,” Curtright said.

https://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20190401/mu-health-care-outlines-plans-for-cuts

[Kurt V.]

1. i have a chronic condition that lands me in the hospital ever 2 1/2 years or so. i had gone to

University hospital in Columbia exclusively until this last time. the staff was a big issue for me. now i go to Barnes in st. louis. I'm glad they're addressing this.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. I like Barnes...they're my hospital plus a lot of my appts are in that area too. I don't like ...

the congestion, but hey, I'm only a couple of miles away so what can I say? Barnes is one of the best hospitals around so that is a good thing for you (Kurt) I hope. Take care!