St. Francis Medical Center

FIVE HEROIC DOGS HONORED WITH 2023 AKC® HUMANE FUND AWARDS FOR CANINE EXCELLENCE (ACE)

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Monday, December 11, 2023
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NEW YORK, Dec. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The AKC® Humane Fund is proud to announce the winners of the 24th annual AKC® Humane Fund Awards for Canine Excellence (ACE). These awards celebrate five loyal, hard-working dogs that have significantly improved the lives of their owners and communities. The five winners were carefully chosen from a pool of over 600 impressive nominations.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Dec. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The AKC® Humane Fund is proud to announce the winners of the 24th annual AKC® Humane Fund Awards for Canine Excellence (ACE).
  • The winners in each category are featured in a special broadcast AKC HEROES: 2023 AWARDS FOR CANINE EXCELLENCE which premiered Sunday, December 10th on ESPN2.
  • The 2023 AKC Humane Fund Awards for Canine Excellence are proudly sponsored by YuMOVE™, the official joint supplement of the AKC, and Eukanuba™.
  • The AKC Humane Fund's Awards for Canine Excellence are given each year to promote the important role dogs play in our lives.

Registered Nurses & Health Care Workers Launch Five-Day Strike Against Prime's St. Francis Medical Center Starting on October 9

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Sunday, October 8, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly all essential medical personnel at St. Francis Medical Center will walk out at 6:30 a.m. on Monday, October 9, to join the strike lines against Prime Healthcare (which owns hospitals in fourteen states), where they will march, picket, and chant for five days to protest chronically dangerous short staffing and patient care practices, along with unfair labor practices such as bad faith bargaining, threats, and attacks on workers' rights.

Key Points: 
  • 2017 – 2019 – RN turnover at St. Francis was 24.01%
    2020 – 2022 – RN turnover at St. Francis more than doubled to 50.42%
    The average replacement cost of one RN is $46,000.
  • The striking workers include 600 registered nurses represented by UNAC/UHCP and 900 other health care workers represented by SEIU-UHW: nursing assistants, medical assistants, vocational nurses, emergency room technicians, respiratory therapists, environmental services aides, and more.
  • St. Francis Medical Center is one of the busiest hospitals in Los Angeles County, with the only level II trauma, stroke, and STEMI center for many miles around.
  • Registered Nurses and allied health care workers strike St. Francis Medical Center
    Strikers return to work at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, October 14
    3630 E. Imperial Hwy, Lynwood, CA 90262 Imperial Highway & Martin Luther King, Blvd
    Hundreds of nurses and other health care workers in scrubs, uniforms, union gear, with allies, marching and chanting with picket signs
    Note for morning shows: Nurses will be available for live interviews beginning around 6:30 a.m.

STRIKE - RNs and Almost All Health Care Staff to Strike St. Francis Medical Center 10/9 - 10/13

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Thursday, September 28, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Most of the essential medical personnel at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, California, will go on strike from Monday, October 9 through Friday, October 13. The unions representing 600 registered nurses (UNAC/UHCP) and nearly all the medical support staff—nursing assistants, medical techs, and more (SEIU-UHW)—presented the legally required 10-day notice yesterday informing hospital management and Prime Healthcare, the hospital's owner, of the looming strike.

Key Points: 
  • St. Francis Medical Center is one of the busiest hospitals in Los Angeles County, with the only Level II trauma, stroke, and STEMI (heart attack response) center for many miles around.
  • This is where you will be coming," said Scott Byington, RN, president of the UNAC/UHCP affiliate at St. Francis.
  • Byington is a mobile critical care nurse at St. Francis, which means he's part of a crew that responds to trauma emergencies throughout the hospital.
  • UNAC/UHCP is affiliated with the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO.

Fight for Safe Care: Hundreds of Nurses and Allies Will Picket St. Francis Medical Center on August 29

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Monday, August 28, 2023
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Now the hospital is dangerously understaffed nearly every day on every shift.

Key Points: 
  • Now the hospital is dangerously understaffed nearly every day on every shift.
  • Now, the nurses are speaking out to alert the public—and hoping to turn negotiations around before management's stonewalling forces a strike.
  • Nurses will be available to tell their stories about the patient care hazards at St. Francis and how they're fighting for safer patient care.
  • UNAC/UHCP is affiliated with the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO.

Discovery Behavioral Health Appoints Shalaura Soliai As Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Discovery Behavioral Health, Inc ., an expanding network of evidence-based mental health, substance use and eating disorder treatment centers, has appointed Shalaura Soliai as Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Discovery Behavioral Health, Inc ., an expanding network of evidence-based mental health, substance use and eating disorder treatment centers, has appointed Shalaura Soliai as Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
  • At St. Francis Medical Center, she established a program to address health inequities and to develop a medical staff that looked like the communities served.
  • That's why Discovery Behavioral Health has worked to make evidence-based, outcome driven healthcare accessible and affordable since inception.
  • Because when quality behavioral healthcare is within reach, so is happiness.

FTI Consulting Named Global Turnaround Consulting Firm of the Year, Public Relations Firm of the Year by Global M&A Network

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Thursday, August 5, 2021
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) today announced that the Company has been named Global Turnaround Consulting Firm of the Year and Public Relations Firm of the Year by Global M&A Network.

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  • WASHINGTON, Aug. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) today announced that the Company has been named Global Turnaround Consulting Firm of the Year and Public Relations Firm of the Year by Global M&A Network.
  • The firm also was recognized for its work on 14 restructuring and merger and acquisition engagements.
  • The Turnaround Atlas Awards, presented by Global M&A Network, honor excellence in the restructuring, distressed investing, insolvency, special situations M&A transactions and turnaround communities.
  • FTI Consulting, Inc. is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations manage change, mitigate risk and resolve disputes: financial, legal, operational, political & regulatory, reputational and transactional.

Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. Announces Closing of $225 Million Add-on Senior Secured Notes Offering

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Monday, May 3, 2021
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The model endured even through the pandemic with the historic acquisition of St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, California,\xe2\x80\x9d said Steve Aleman, Prime Healthcare\xe2\x80\x99s Chief Financial Officer.

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  • The model endured even through the pandemic with the historic acquisition of St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, California,\xe2\x80\x9d said Steve Aleman, Prime Healthcare\xe2\x80\x99s Chief Financial Officer.
  • It is one of the nation's leading health systems with nearly 50,000 employees and physicians dedicated to providing the highest quality healthcare.
  • Fifteen of the Prime Healthcare hospitals are members of the Prime Healthcare Foundation , a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity.
  • Based in Ontario, California, Prime Healthcare is nationally recognized for award-winning quality care and has been named a Top 10 and Top 15 Health System by IBM Watson Health.

[UPDATED] Prime Healthcare Successfully Completes Historic Acquisition of St. Francis Medical Center

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Friday, August 14, 2020
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Ontario, CA, Aug. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prime Healthcare announced yesterday that it has successfully completed the acquisition of St. Francis Medical Center, signaling a new era of service excellence and award-winning healthcare for an essential medical facility in Los Angeles County.

Key Points: 
  • Ontario, CA, Aug. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prime Healthcare announced yesterday that it has successfully completed the acquisition of St. Francis Medical Center, signaling a new era of service excellence and award-winning healthcare for an essential medical facility in Los Angeles County.
  • Prime Healthcare is honored to continue the legacy of St. Francis Medical Center, an indispensable community partner comprised of committed doctors, nurses, and staff dedicated to saving lives and serving all those in need, said Sunny Bhatia, MD, CEO of Region I of Prime Healthcare.
  • With the acquisition of St. Francis Medical Center by Prime Healthcare, our community can be confident that St. Francis Medical Center will always be available for them when they need us, said Maxine Anderson, MD, St. Francis Chief of Staff.
  • With the addition of St. Francis Medical Center, Prime Healthcare owns and operates 46 hospitals in 14 states with nearly 40,000 employees and physicians.

Prime Healthcare Successfully Completes Historic Acquisition of St. Francis Medical Center

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Friday, August 14, 2020
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Ontario, CA, Aug. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prime Healthcare announced today that it has successfully completed the acquisition of St. Francis Medical Center, signaling a new era of service excellence and award-winning healthcare for an essential medical facility in Los Angeles County.

Key Points: 
  • Ontario, CA, Aug. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prime Healthcare announced today that it has successfully completed the acquisition of St. Francis Medical Center, signaling a new era of service excellence and award-winning healthcare for an essential medical facility in Los Angeles County.
  • Prime Healthcare is honored to continue the legacy of St. Francis Medical Center, an indispensable community partner comprised of committed doctors, nurses, and staff dedicated to saving lives and serving all those in need, said Sunny Bhatia, MD, CEO of Region I of Prime Healthcare.
  • With the acquisition of St. Francis Medical Center by Prime Healthcare, our community can be confident that St. Francis Medical Center will always be available for them when they need us, said Maxine Anderson, MD, St. Francis Chief of Staff.
  • With the addition of St. Francis Medical Center, Prime Healthcare owns and operates 46 hospitals in 14 states with nearly 40,000 employees and physicians.

Prime Healthcare Reaches Labor Agreements at St. Francis Medical Center

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Thursday, August 6, 2020
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Ontario, Calif., Aug. 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prime Healthcare achieved another significant milestone toward preserving St. Francis Medical Center by reaching initial three-year labor agreements with SEIU-UHW and UNAC, unions representing nurses and other professionals at the medical center.

Key Points: 
  • Ontario, Calif., Aug. 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prime Healthcare achieved another significant milestone toward preserving St. Francis Medical Center by reaching initial three-year labor agreements with SEIU-UHW and UNAC, unions representing nurses and other professionals at the medical center.
  • We look forward to collaborating with the unions and all hospital staff to ensure a successful future for St. Francis.
  • In early April, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court approved the Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) for the sale of St. Francis to Prime.
  • Prime is acquiring St. Francis for a net consideration of over $350 million, including more than $250 million in cash.