1199SEIU statement re: MNA report on North Adams Regional Hospital
NORTH ADAMS, MA – 1199SEIU has released the following statement on a prior report by the Massachusetts Nurse Association (MNA) regarding the executive mismanagement of the former North Adams Regional Hospital. The official statement also announced that 1199SEIU members would be sending a delegation to the state house in Boston on Thursday as caregivers and the community continue to advocate for the restoration of services and jobs at the hospital.
Nearly 200 healthcare workers from the former North Adams Regional Hospital are members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.
“1199SEIU analysts have reviewed and agree with the research contained within the recent MNA report regarding North Adams Regional Hospital. The report is accurate and underscores prior assertions that many years of poor executive management and misguided investments took a significant toll on the hospital’s fiscal health.
The disastrous management missteps that have thwarted NARH also point to the need for additional transparency and a stronger community voice within the facility’s governance structure moving forward. Moving forward, disparities in government and private insurer payments to community and Disproportionate Share Hospitals remain a significant statewide threat to quality care that must be addresse
199SEIU members are steadfast in our commitment to the restoration of the broadest possible range of services and jobs at the former NARH facility as quickly as possible. To that end, a delegation of 1199SEIU caregivers will return to the state house on Thursday, May 15 to press the issue with key stakeholders. That same day, 1199SEIU members will kick off a new round of advertising and public outreach to promote the restoration of healthcare services and jobs in the Northern Berkshires.”
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Representing nearly 50,000 healthcare workers throughout Massachusetts and nearly 400,000 workers across the East Coast, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare union in America. Our mission is to achieve affordable, high quality healthcare for all. 1199SEIU is part of the 2.1 million member Service Employees International Union.
NORTH ADAMS, MA – 1199SEIU has released the following statement on a prior report by the Massachusetts Nurse Association (MNA) regarding the executive mismanagement of the former North Adams Regional Hospital. The official statement also announced that 1199SEIU members would be sending a delegation to the state house in Boston on Thursday as caregivers and the community continue to advocate for the restoration of services and jobs at the hospital.
Nearly 200 healthcare workers from the former North Adams Regional Hospital are members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.
“1199SEIU analysts have reviewed and agree with the research contained within the recent MNA report regarding North Adams Regional Hospital. The report is accurate and underscores prior assertions that many years of poor executive management and misguided investments took a significant toll on the hospital’s fiscal health.
The disastrous management missteps that have thwarted NARH also point to the need for additional transparency and a stronger community voice within the facility’s governance structure moving forward. Moving forward, disparities in government and private insurer payments to community and Disproportionate Share Hospitals remain a significant statewide threat to quality care that must be addresse
199SEIU members are steadfast in our commitment to the restoration of the broadest possible range of services and jobs at the former NARH facility as quickly as possible. To that end, a delegation of 1199SEIU caregivers will return to the state house on Thursday, May 15 to press the issue with key stakeholders. That same day, 1199SEIU members will kick off a new round of advertising and public outreach to promote the restoration of healthcare services and jobs in the Northern Berkshires.”
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Representing nearly 50,000 healthcare workers throughout Massachusetts and nearly 400,000 workers across the East Coast, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare union in America. Our mission is to achieve affordable, high quality healthcare for all. 1199SEIU is part of the 2.1 million member Service Employees International Union.
