DC HealthCare Allianceand Health Issues

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Updated: 02:09 pm UTC, 14/10/2024

For issues that led up to the
creation of the DC HealthCare Alliance, go to the Public
Benefit Corporation and DC General Hospital main page

  • Mayor Adrian Fenty, press release, Updated HIV/AIDS statistics and
    study of heterosexual relationships, March
    16, 2009

    • Department of Health, HIV/AIDS Epidemology Update 2008 (PDF
      format
      )
    • Department of Health, Hetrosexual Relationships and HIV in Washington,
      DC (PDF
      format)
  • Councilmember David Catania, Healthy DC Program and Legislation
    Preview, April 1, 2008

  • Natwar M. Gandhi, fiscal impact statement on sale of Greater Southeast
    Community Hospital to Specialty Hospitals of America, October
    23, 2007
  • DC City Council, summary sheet on sale of Greater Southeast Community
    Hospital to Specialty Hospitals of America, October
    19, 2007
  • Dr. Carlos Cano appointed interim director of Department of Health,
    press release, October 19, 2007
  • Emergency medical Task Force, final draft recommendations, September
    20, 2007
  • Emergency Medical Services Task Force, recommendations, press release,
    September 20, 2007
  • District of Columbia and Specialty Hospitals of America, agreement in
    principle to purchase Greater Southeast Community Hospital, September
    17, 2007

    • Mayor Adrian Fenty, press release on agreement to sell Greater
      Southeast Community Hospital to Specialty Hospitals of America, September
      17, 2007
    • Councilmember Marion Barry, press release, opposing sale of
      Greater Southeast Community Hospital to Specialty Hospitals of
      America, September 17, 2007
    • Councilmember David A. Catania, press release, supporting sale of
      Greater Southeast Community Hospital to Specialty Hospitals of
      America, September 17, 2007
  • Saint Elizabeths Hospital, settlement agreement, United States
    District Court for the District of Columbia, May
    10, 2007

    • Summary of settlement by DC Department of Mental Health, May
      10, 2007
  • Mayor’s Health Care Task Force, Health Care Alternatives for
    Reservation 13 and Eastern Washington, Report of the Mayor’s Health Care
    Task Force, August 1, 2006

    • Mayor Anthony Williams, press release, Mayor’s Health Care Task
      Force Issues Draft Report, July 21, 2006
    • Victor G. Freeman, Responding to the Mayor’s Health Care Task
      Force, Press Conference Summary, August
      1, 2006
  • Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi, memorandum to the mayor on
    the National Capital Medical Center, May
    5, 2006
  • Mayor’s Office, press release: Mayor appoints emergency panel on
    health care in DC, April 19, 2006
  • Howard University and mayor’s office, National Capital Medical
    Center report to the Council of the District of Columbia, February
    20, 2006
  • National Capital Medical Center exclusive rights agreement between
    Howard University and Williams administration, January
    5, 2006

    • National Capital Medical Center grant agreement between Howard
      University and Williams administration, February
      2006
    • National Capital Medical Center lease agreement between Howard
      University and Williams Administration, February
      2006
  • Howard University, National Capital Medical Center general
    information and Primer on the NCMC (questions and answers), January
    5, 2006
  • Mayor’s office, press release, Mayor Williams signs agreement to
    build NCMC with Howard University, January
    5, 2006
  • Ward 6 Democrats, resolution opposing building the National Capital
    Medical Center on Reservation 13, November
    21, 2005
  • Taskforce on Long-Term Care, DC Council Committee on Health, Report,
    November 4, 2005
  • National Capital Medical Center Proposal Supplemental Information,
    District Government and Howard University, October
    27, 2005
  • Marsha Martin appointed as Senior Deputy Director of DC Department of
    Health for HIV/AIDS Administration, August
    24, 2005
  • DC Appleseed Center and Hogan and Hartson, HIV/AIDS in the
    Nation’s Capital: Improving the District of Columbia’s Response to
    a Public Health Crisis, August 10, 2005 (in
    PDF format on the DC Appleseed website
    )
  • Taskforce on Medical Malpractice, DC Council Committee on Health,
    Report, July 28, 2005
  • National Capital Medical Center Proposal, District Government and
    Howard University, July 12, 2005
  • Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector
    General, Audit of Costs and Reporting of Funds Under the Bioterrorism
    Hospital Preparedness Program, District of
    Columbia Department of Health, Report Number A-03-04-00354, June
    28, 2005
  • Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector
    General, Audit of Costs and Reporting of Funds Under the Public Health
    Preparedness and Response for Bioterrorism Program, District of
    Columbia Department of Health, Report Number A-03-04-00353, June
    21, 2005
  • National Capital Medical Center Memorandum of Understanding Approval
    Act of 2004 (includes the Memorandum of Understanding; commonly also
    known as the Howard University Medical Center Memorandum of
    Understanding), Bill 15-680
  • Press release, “Williams Announces Agreement to Strengthen
    Alliance Program: Alliance Partners Agree to Program Reforms and
    Multi-Year Contract,” November 7, 2003
  • Press release, “DC Department of Health Issues Restricted License
    to Greater Southeast Community Hospital: ‘Hospital Meets Conditions
    of Consent Agreement,’” November 5,
    2003
  • Greater Southeast Community Hospital Thirty-Day Progress Report, September
    12, 2003
  • Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations,
    Statement regarding the accreditation status of Greater Southeast
    Community Hospital, August 18, 2003

    • James Buford, Director, DC Department of Health, statement on
      loss of accreditation by Greater Southeast Community Hospital, August
      19, 2003
    • Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, letter to Mayor Anthony A.
      Williams on accreditation of Greater Southeast Community Hospital,
      August 21, 2003
  • Consent agreement between Greater Southeast Community Hospital and
    DC Department of Health, August 12, 2003

    • James Buford, Director, DC Department of Health, press release
      on consent agreement, August 12,
      2003
  • Office of Corporation Counsel press release on valuation of
    CareFirst and summary of conversion valuation process, January
    28, 2003
  • Children’s National Medical Center, press release on contract with
    CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, January
    27, 2003
  • Robert Malson, DC Hospital Association, Healthcare Summit 2002:
    Status of Hospital, December
    9, 2002
    (in PowerPoint Presentation format on DC Hospital
    Association web site)
  • DC City Council, “Draft Master Plan for Public Reservation 13
    Approval Act of 2002,” Bill 14-648. 
  • Administration’s position on health care crisis, including letter
    from Department of Health and Human Services, November
    26, 2002
  • Carolyn N. Graham, Greater Southeast Hospital Closure Contingency
    Plan, November 25, 2002
  • Mayor Anthony A. Williams, “Mayor Assures Continued Operations of
    Healthcare Alliance,” November 22,
    2002
  • James Buford, Acting Director, Department of Health, Statement at
    the City Council Committee on Human Services’ public briefing on the
    DC Health Care Alliance and the Status of the Contract with Greater
    Southeast Community Hospital, November
    21, 2002
  • John P. McDaniel, MedStar Health, Withdrawal of participation in DC
    Healthcare Alliance, November 20, 2002
  • DC HealthCare Coalition, “Suggested Questions for Mayor Williams:
    Status of the Health Care Safety Net,” November
    20, 2002
  • Mayor Anthony A. Williams, statement regarding financial problems
    facing Doctors Community Healthcare, Inc., November
    20, 2002
  • Nicole Lurie and Michael Stoto, RAND, “Health Insurance Status in
    the District of Columbia,” October
    22, 2002
    (in PDF format on DCPCA web site)
  • Charles C. Maddox, Inspector General, Statement on the Health Care
    Safety Net, October 7, 2002
  • Charles C. Maddox, Inspector General, Audit of the Health Care
    Safety net Contract, OIG No. 02-1-2HC, October
    4, 2002
  • District of Columbia Primary Care Association, “Primary Care
    Safety Net: Health Care Services for the Medically Vulnerable in the
    District of Columbia: A 2002 Update,” October
    2002
    (in PDF format on DCPCA web site)