University of Louisville President Asked To Explain Merger

• {Kentucky}...University of Louisville President James Ramsey has been asked to appear before a meeting of the Interim Joint Committee on Health and Welfare in Frankfort on August 17th to explain how a pending merger of University Hospital and a Catholic health care provider will affect patients. The merger would create the state's largest health care system by bringing together University with Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare and Lexington-based St. Joseph Health System, which is owned by Catholic Health Initiatives. It could be finalized in a year if approved by regulators.