Harry Smith, the former leader of the University of North Carolina System board, during his tenure was publicly described as “hands-on,” or “very involved” in the operations of the university system and its 17 campuses. A new trove of emails released by the UNC System Friday, Nov. 8, show exactly what that means — and...
In an email to faculty and staff, East Carolina University Interim Chancellor Dan Gerlach and Brody School of Medicine Dean Dr. Mark Stacy urged Vidant Health and Pitt County commissioners to back off in their fight with the UNC System over Brody School of Medicine. The email, sent Monday, June 10, was clear: The ECU...
State Treasurer Dale Folwell has clashed with Vidant Health in the past over state resources and State Health Plan reforms, but isn’t involved in the current battle between the hospital chain and the UNC Board of Governors over control of Vidant Medical Center. “I was as shocked as your readers were, and the rest of...
UPDATE, 11:25 a.m., June 4: Vidant Medical Center and Pitt County issued a news release late Monday offering to settle the dispute with UNC. Tuesday morning, a legislative source told CJ the Senate health committee didn’t expect to discuss Vidant Wednesday. North Carolina senators passed a budget resolution May 31, but they’re still working to...
The University of North Carolina never has pursued a takeover of Vidant Health, despite the hospital system’s claims otherwise, UNC Health Care said May 31. Those comments follow the drop of a report showing UNC’s study of possible health care mergers and acquisitions that cross state lines. East Carolina University Physicians and Vidant Health are...
The N.C. Senate passed its budget plan for the next two years Friday by a 30-16 vote. But cuts to Medicaid payments for Vidant Health Center in Greenville — the subject of an impassioned appeal Thursday by Democratic Sen. Don Davis of Greene County — remained in the final version of House Bill 966. And Eastern...
The struggle over Vidant Health, the regional hospital network affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, escalated Thursday. In a radio interview, University of North Carolina Board of Governors Chairman Harry Smith said there are no plans “in any shape or form for UNC to take over Vidant Health.” But an...
The Senate passed its version of a $23.9 billion 2019-20 budget amid sharp rhetoric that broke along partisan and regional divides. Sen. Don Davis, D-Greene, condemned Republicans, accusing them of using the budget process to punish Eastern North Carolina over a governance dispute between Vidant Medical Center and the UNC System Board of Governors. Davis...
The North Carolina Senate is crunching numbers to consider building a new teaching hospital for East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, a source close to Senate leadership has told Carolina Journal. That means Vidant Medical Center, ECU’s teaching hospital, now battling with the UNC Board of Governors over issues of governance, may get the...
Vidant Health doesn’t understand why the North Carolina Senate wants to cut its funding. So said Vidant CEO Dr. Mike Waldrum during a Wednesday, May 29, news conference, called after the Senate released a budget proposal that would strip the Vidant Medical Center — which serves as the teaching hospital for East Carolina University’s Brody...
Stand down. Work things out. That’s what Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour ruled on Friday, May 24, granting the University of North Carolina System a 10-day, temporary restraining order against Vidant Health. UNC and Vidant — the hospital system that owns and runs the teaching hospital for East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine —...
