Jewish Hospital’s transplant program is in trouble. Its demise would have far-reaching consequences.
By Boris Ladwig | Posted on July 11, 2019Jewish Hospital’s pioneering transplant program is in trouble, and its demise could produce far-reaching repercussions on the community. Surgical teams have performed only one heart transplant in the first six months of the year, according to the most recently available data, running afoul of...
Health experts worry about Jewish Hospital (and its tens of thousands of patients)
By Boris Ladwig | Posted on June 17, 2019Local health care experts said they are worried about the future of Jewish Hospital now that UofL has decided to abandon its attempt to find a partner to save the facility. “Gut punch,” one source described his reaction to the university’s decision. “I don’t...
KentuckyOne has ‘no current plans’ to close Jewish Hospital; says reaching deal will take more time
By Boris Ladwig | Posted on June 13, 2019KentuckyOne Health said it has “no current plans” to close Jewish Hospital or other facilities and is continuing to negotiate a possible sale with two interested parties, including New York-based alternative asset management firm BlueMountain Capital Management. But the health system, which said the...
Bendapudi assures Jewish Hospital won’t close in short term, UofL med students protected
By Jeremy Chisenhall | Posted on June 13, 2019Despite University of Louisville’s inability to find a partner to purchase KentuckyOne’s Louisville health care facilities, Jewish Hospital is not in immediate danger of closing, UofL President Neeli Bendapudi said Thursday. Jewish is going to maintain its operations in the short term, and UofL...
UofL, IBM create academy to teach AI, IoT, cybersecurity, quantum computing
By Boris Ladwig | Posted on April 17, 2019“The future is not going to leave the good people of Kentucky behind,” promised Naguib Attia, vice president of global university programs at IBM, in announcing a unique partnership with the University of Louisville on Wednesday. University, federal, state and city leaders were on...
UofL has not found a suitable partner for Jewish Hospital, plans to continue search
By Boris Ladwig | Posted on April 1, 2019UofL said on Monday that it had failed to find a suitable partner to buy the struggling Jewish Hospital and other Louisville medical facilities — at least so far. However, the university said it plans to continue the search with the help of a...
UofL mum on who wants to help buy Jewish Hospital
By Boris Ladwig | Posted on March 11, 2019A key deadline in the University of Louisville’s search for a partner to acquire Jewish Hospital and other local health care facilities has passed, but the university won’t say who has expressed interest in a potential deal. “The university won’t be releasing any information...
UofL appears open to dealing with multiple partners in health care acquisition
By Boris Ladwig | Posted on March 2, 2019The University of Louisville appears willing to deal with multiple partners in its attempt to acquire the struggling Jewish Hospital and other Louisville area medical facilities KentuckyOne Health has been trying to sell for nearly two years. One of the potential acquisition partners asked...
UofL confirms it is seeking partner to buy Jewish Hospital, other assets
By Boris Ladwig | Posted on February 19, 2019The University of Louisville said Tuesday that it is seeking a partner who would pay for an acquisition of Jewish Hospital and other medical facilities that KentuckyOne Health has been trying to sell for nearly two years. The university Tuesday evening issued a request...
New twist in Jewish Hospital saga: UofL appears to want to buy it with a partner
By Boris Ladwig | Posted on December 27, 2018There’s a new twist in the Jewish Hospital saga: The University of Louisville appears to want to buy it with the help of a partner. In an email obtained by Insider, University President and University Medical Center Board Chair Neeli Bendapudi wrote that the...