[Vision2020] NSA

[Donovan Arnold]

Barbara,

You wrote,

"The result, at that time, was Gritman agreeing to increase the amount of 
indigent client costs absorbed internally. "

That is the general perception, that Gritman is absorbing of the cost of the 
indigent care. Bu the fact is that it is the University of Idaho that 
absorbed the costs (if you want to know why look at who was on the Gritman 
board of directors and who worked at UI). The University in turn passed the 
cost on to the students by requiring them to buy health insurance to be 
enrolled at UI. When all students have insurance, guess what, you have no 
indigents. You also end up with less students at UI too that cannot afford 
the level of insurance that UI is demanding students pay.
This is the type of thing that was going on in the Hoover administration.

I say tax Gritman. They are getting rich at the expense of the students and 
local taxpayer. That is so not right.

Donovan J Arnold
Former ASUI Senator

>From: Mark Solomon <msolomon at moscow.com>
>To: Barbara Richardson Crouch <edc at moscow.com>, <CJs at Turbonet.com>,        
><editor at lataheagle.com>, vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] NSA
>Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:07:33 -0800
>
>Barbara,
>
>It is very likely that my knowledge re Gritman is out of date and if so 
>will be pleased to be corrected, but when I was county commissioner in the 
>early 90's we had several discussions with Gritman about their property tax 
>exemption. In particular, we noticed that in the two years since the 
>Gritman nonprofit board had changed their administrative relationship from 
>one of hiring/supervising a hospital director to a contractual relationship 
>with a hospital management corporation, the amount of charitable care 
>absorbed by Gritman had dramatically decreased with a corresponding 
>increase for requests to the county property taxpayers to fund the indigent 
>patient care as is provided for in Idaho Code. The result, at that time, 
>was Gritman agreeing to increase the amount of indigent client costs 
>absorbed internally.
>
>I have no idea what the status of that handshake agreement is today or the 
>nature of the contract relationship, if it still exists, with the 
>for-profit hospital management corporation administering Gritman. The 
>commissioner's efforts of the early 90's never progressed to the point 
>where we received a copy of the contract before the issue was, at that 
>moment, satisfactorily resolved.
>
>It would be valuable for the community to know if the contract is for a set 
>amount, set amount plus performance additions, percentage based, or 
>something else. IF there is a significant profit motive built into the 
>administrative contract, the concept of Gritman as a nonprofit community 
>hospital worthy of its current property tax exemption might stand 
>examination.
>
>Mark Solomon
>
>At 6:55 PM +0000 2/24/05, Barbara Richardson Crouch wrote:
>>Phil,
>>
>>Gritman is a not-for-profit corporation.  The hospital is controlled and
>>operated by a board of directors comprised of community members.  Gritman
>>provides millions of dollars per year in unreimbursed care to our local
>>residents.
>>
>>Gritman provides various services and supports downtown events.  Gritman
>>provided hot chocolate, coffee, and cookies for participants of the
>>Holiday Parade.  Gritman also provides hot dogs and drinks for the
>>Homecoming Parade.  Plus Gritman supports finacially many, many events
>>throughout the community.
>>
>>Barbara Crouch
>>
>>
>>
>>>  Kai - If NSA  and Grittman (since Grittman is  FOR PROFIT) were paying
>>>  property taxes there would not need to be  a BID.
>>>
>>>  Phil
>>>
>>>  -------Original Message-------
>>>
>>>  From: Kai Eiselein
>>>  Date: 02/24/05 09:06:41
>>>  To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>>>  Subject: [Vision2020] NSA
>>>
>>>  Rose, you may want to take a closer look at the BID. I am rather
>>ambivile> nt
>>>  about it, but I did write an article in the December 9 issue of the
>>Latah>
>>>  Eagle about the process.
>>>  According to the documents I have, a tax exempt entity is not exempt
>>from>
>>>  the a BID levy. That would include New St. Andrews College and Gritman
>>to>
>>>  name a couple. The BID in Twin Falls includes the administrative office
>>o> f
>>>  the school district, as I recall, and they are subject to the BID levy
>>as>
>>>  well.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  "Those who fixate on the wrongs of the past are blind to possibilities
>>of>
>>>  the future."
>>>
>>>  Kai T. Eiselein
>>>  Editor
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