Grady Hospital's future is now officially in the hands of its governing board, the Fulton-Dekalb Hospital Authority. A task force assigned to diagnose the hospital's problems turned in their final report today.
The report recommends turning Grady into a 501-C-3 non-profit. It would essentially turn the hospital authority into a landlord, which would lease out Grady's operations to a private non-profit board.
Task force member John Parker says that if well-managed, the change would be invisible. "You're going to have the same management team there, the same benefits, but now it's in a different legal form, where hopefully it can do things it couldn't do before," said Parker.
The report recommends turning Grady into a 501-C-3 non-profit. It would essentially turn the hospital authority into a landlord, which would lease out Grady's operations to a private non-profit board.
Task force member John Parker says that if well-managed, the change would be invisible. "You're going to have the same management team there, the same benefits, but now it's in a different legal form, where hopefully it can do things it couldn't do before," said Parker.
Financially-strapped Grady is the only level I trauma medical center in the metro Atlanta area and serves many indigent patients. Its potential collapse could overwhelm other area hospitals. Now the hospital authority has to decide whether to accept this recommendation.
