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University Hospitals Authority details indigent-care funding, OU Health finances and a request for a new pediatric heart hospital
Summary
Officials from the University Hospitals Authority and OU Health briefed a legislative subcommittee on the authority’s governance, recent state appropriations for indigent care, and a request for initial capital funding toward a proposed $294 million pediatric heart hospital.
Randy Dowell, CEO of the University Hospitals Authority and Trust, and CFO Diane Galatian briefed the Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Health about OU Health’s finances, the authority’s historical governance, and a proposed pediatric heart-hospital capital request.
Background and governance: Dowell summarized the authority’s history — hunting back to the early 20th century — and the 1998 public–private transition that placed hospital operations with a private operator. He said OU Medicine Inc. was established in 2018 to return the health system to an Oklahoma‑based 501(c)(3) and to keep operating surpluses in-state for medical education, research and clinical programs. The University Hospitals Trust is…
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