VENTURA, Calif. - County officials are launching a foundation devoted exclusively to their health care programs after a falling-out with a nonprofit organization that has drummed up money for the county hospital for almost 60 years. The start of the Health Care Foundation for Ventura County is overdue and timely with the opening of a new wing at Ventura County Medical Center, officials say. But the use of the word exclusively is no accident, according to interviews with board members and county officials. Tensions had apparently been building for some time over funding priorities of the countys longtime partner, the Ventura County Medical Resource Foundation, which was moving toward a new mission by 2013. Board members decided the next year to drop financial support of VCMC from their mission, saying they would work with a variety of partners to boost access to health care for the most needy families. Subscribers can read County hospital gets own foundation after split at bit.ly/1CQ4Zol
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 03:00:04 +0000
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