As Centegra Seeks to Abandon Most of Its Woodstock Hospital Services

The following is posted on the City of Woodstock’s web page. Considering it is not just Woodstock residents who will be negatively affected by Centegra Health Systems’ abandoning most of its hospital services, the information is being published on McHenry … Continue reading

Centegra’s Huntley Hospital Pretty Much Finished as Permission to Build Finalized

Here’s the headline from the Cook County Reporter article on the Ottawa Appellate Court decision giving Centegra final approval to build its new hospital in Huntley: In an Illinois replication of the Stalinist approach to economic growth, those wishing to … Continue reading

NW Herald Uses Channel Two Approach to Covering Hospital Application Rejections

I thought CBS Channel Two had the best coverage of the Rod Blagojevich verdict reading. An employee was texting from the courtroom. Viewers could see in real time what the talking heads saw. In covering the Health Facilities Planning Board … Continue reading

An Achilles Heel for Jim Ryan

First, the disclaimer. I ran as the Libertarian Party candidate against Jim Ryan and Rod Blagojevich in 2002. I got so few votes that it did not affect the outcome. Ryan would have lost whether or not I had been … Continue reading

Nick Hurtgen’s Wisconsin Law License Revoked Based on Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board Scandal

Ever wonder what it looks like when an attorney has his license revoked? Below you see what the State of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court did to Nick Hurtgen, a Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson “wuderkind,” who ventured too far into Illinois politics, … Continue reading

Bear Steans’ Nick Hurtgen Pleads Guilty

One of former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson’s “Wunderkinds” has plead guilty to federal charges concerning the Edwards Hospital Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board scandal. Nicholas Hurtgen, who at the time was Managing Director of the Chicago office of Bear Stearns, … Continue reading

Hey! You Think We’re Going to Reward a Whistle Blower?

Let’s assume everything is on the square at the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board. OK. Forget about the fixing of the new hospital that Wisconsin’s Mercy Health Care System wanted to build in Crystal Lake to compete with local biggie … Continue reading

Hey! You Think We’re Going to Reward a Whistle Blower?

Let’s assume everything is on the square at the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board. OK. Forget about the fixing of the new hospital that Wisconsin’s Mercy Health Care System wanted to build in Crystal Lake to compete with local biggie … Continue reading

McHenry County Jeff Ladd Testifies in Rezko Trial; More Monday

In the Crystal Lake Mercy Hospital fight, Woodstock attorney and former Metra chairman Jeff Ladd was, of course, on Centegra’s side. Centegra had been dealt a losing hand. Ladd had apparently convinced Governor Jim Edgar and Senate President Pate Philip … Continue reading

McHenry County Jeff Ladd Testifies in Rezko Trial; More Monday

In the Crystal Lake Mercy Hospital fight, Woodstock attorney and former Metra chairman Jeff Ladd was, of course, on Centegra’s side. Centegra had been dealt a losing hand. Ladd had apparently convinced Governor Jim Edgar and Senate President Pate Philip … Continue reading

Nick Hurtgen Indicted in Operation Board Games

The press from the U.S. Attorney’s Office about the indictment of Nick Hurtgen follows: HURTGEN RE-INDICTED FOR ALLEGED ROLE IN AIDING PAY-TO-PLAY FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING WILL COUNT HOSPITAL PROJECT CHICAGO – A former executive in the Chicago office of Bear … Continue reading

US Attorney Seeks Testimony from Jeff Ladd

The Chicago Tribune wrote yesterday that the U.S. Attorney’s Office is seeking “to compel Jeffrey Ladd, a heavyweight lawyer for health-care companies who has dealt with the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, one of two boards (Ron Blagojevich rune raiser … Continue reading

US Attorney Seeks Testimony from Jeff Ladd

The Chicago Tribune wrote yesterday that the U.S. Attorney’s Office is seeking “to compel Jeffrey Ladd, a heavyweight lawyer for health-care companies who has dealt with the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, one of two boards (Ron Blagojevich rune raiser … Continue reading