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Juan Luis On Its Way To Reaccreditation; But Financial Woes Threaten Stability

ST. CROIX -- The Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center's governing board met on Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. in a conference room adjacent from the cardiac center to discuss the successes and challenges of the beleaguered facility. At the meeting, regular items such as committee reports, medical staff report, the CEO's report among other important hospital operation updates were discussed. The board also approved staff privileges as recommended by the hospital's Medical Executive Committee (MEC) of six physicians for one year, and reappointed doctors Emmanuel Graham, MD Urology; Olajide Olaweop, MD Pediatrics; Denyse Parnell, MD Pathology; David Ginn, PA Emergency Medicine; Michael Funk, PA Emergency Medicine; and Keri Biscoe, MD, Ophthalmology. But aside from the expected items on the agenda, two important factors stood out at the meeting: the hospital's Systems Improvement Agreement (SIA) signed between JFL and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an...