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02/28/11 WARREN - Nearly 7,000 workers for the defunct Forum Health hospital system have joined thousands of area retirees and workers getting monthly pension checks from a federal insurance agency.
01/22/11 By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Forum Health was more cash-strapped than its
10/09/10 COURTS COLUMBIANA COUNTY NEW COMPLAINTS Forum Health et al v. Robert Baird, money. Autovest
10/02/10 Community Health Systems said it completed its acquisition of Youngstown, Ohio,-based Forum Health after receiving approval from Ohio's attorney general and a bankruptcy judge.
08/28/10 Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray expects to complete his review of Community Health Systems Inc.'s $120 million bid to purchase Forum Health by the end of September. Cordray filed a motion in U.S.
08/09/10 The Ohio Nurses Association has objected to selling Forum Health out of bankruptcy court to Community Health Systems in suburban Nashville, Tennessee -- the 11th hour bidder that snatched the Youngstown, Ohio, health system from a privately owned hospital company last week. The nurses' union objected to selling Forum Health to Community Health Systems because it violates work agreements between ...
08/07/10 By WILLIAM K. ALCORN alcorn@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Forum Health unions learned Friday that
08/05/10 One by one, the parties interested in the Forum Health auction walked into the 5/3 Bank building in Cleveland, which houses Forum's law firm, Thursday morning. But it wasn't until six hours later that anyone emerged. Ironically, it was executives from the losing bidder. "We built relationships with physicians, with employees, with community leaders, with elected officials, with union leaders ...
07/15/10 YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio- Interest in purchasing Forum Health may be increasing. Community Health Systems, a company with interests in more than 100 hospitals across 29 states, could be interested in bidding on the bankrupt health system.
06/11/10 Ardent Health Services has an agreement to buy assets of an Ohio-based hospital system out of bankruptcy for $69.8 million. Under the asset purchase deal, Nashville-based Ardent will buy three hospitals and largely all of the operating assets of Forum Health.
06/11/10 YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio- The Nashville-based company that has agreed to buy bankrupt hospital system Forum Health has a history of investing in and expanding hospitals.
06/10/10 A $69.8M purchase offer for Forum Health from the Nashville-based Ardent Health Services has produced excitement for many, disappointment for some.
06/10/10 In re: ) FORUM HEALTH, et. al.,1) ) Case No. 09-40795 Jointly Administered ) Debtors. ) Chapter 11 ) ) Judge Kay Woods ) 1 The Debtors include: Forum Health (31-1560189), Forum Health Diagnostics Co. (34-1773672), Forum Health Enterprises Co. (34-1368151), Forum Health Outreach Laboratories, Inc. (34-1437294), Forum Health Ventures Co.
04/20/10 WARREN - Some staff cuts at Forum Health could be voluntary instead of mandatory under an agreement between union and management, a union leader said Tuesday.
04/10/10 YOUNGSTOWN - Union leaders say they're waiting for more details before commenting on as many as 125 job cuts announced Friday by Forum Health, which called the action difficult but necessary. ''We're still trying to assess exactly what they're doing,'' said Tom Connelly, president of 425-member AFSCME/United Nurses of America Local 2026 at Trumbull Memorial Hospital in Warre.
02/04/10 News and notes from the day in MedCity, Ohio: A sale of Youngstown's Forum Health , which is reorganizing under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection , to Nashville, Tenn., hospital system Ardent Health Services hinges on successful negotiations with unions representing about 3,500 Forum workers, unnamed sources told the Tribune Chronicle . When Gov. Ted Strickland met today with the president, vice ...
12/10/09 Youngstown, OH - With a crucial court hearing looming next week, Governor Strickland says he's exploring all avenues to assist the Forum Health hospital system and save jobs.
12/10/09 In a stop in Youngstown Thursday, Governor Ted Strickland said he fully understands the importance of Forum Health in the area from his days as a member of Congress. He also confirmed his support for efforts to keep Forum's assets intact and open. "I don't know that the governor can solve the problem, but the governor certainly can be, and should, and I intend to be a partner in those efforts ...
11/12/09 WARREN - The fate of Northside Medical Center has drawn most of the speculation about the future of Forum Health once today's bids for the system are studied, but Warren area leaders say two local hospitals also could suffe.
10/22/09 BOARDMAN - Walter ''Buzz'' Pishkur's surprise announcement Thursday not to serve as a consultant for the financially ailing Forum Health hospital system means the proposed $9,000 a week paycheck can be used to ease staff cuts the hospital plans, union workers said.
10/20/09 YOUNGSTOWN - In a short hearing Tuesday that bankruptcy Judge Kay Woods said was surprising for its harmony, Forum Health and its lenders said they have agreed to allow the hospital system to keep using its cash until Jan. 14. | 
