Lee Health faces county commissioners’ questions on conversion to private nonprofit

Author: Therese McDevitt, Gulfshore Business
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Credit: WINK News.

With the clock ticking on the process that would allow Lee Health to convert from a public to a private nonprofit structure, questions raised by the Lee County Board of Commissioners make it clear the system has a way to go before the October deadline to reach a final mission agreement with the county. 

At a July 30 workshop on the potential conversion, commissioners asked system officials for more information and questioned why they hadn’t had more time to focus on details involved in the conversion. 

In addition to time pressures, commissioners had questions about the new roles the county would play if a conversion occurs, including oversight, enforceability and responsibility for intergovernmental transfers of funds related to Medicaid. 

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