Children’s Starts Making Rent Payments to UMC

paso children’s hospital just started making to the county hospital. “the good news is that for umc, the bleeding has stopped on a monthly basis.” veronica escobar is also talking about the first filings the county will make in the children’s bankruptcy… … since mediation between the two failed last week. abc-7’s andrew j. polk is live with what’s next. andrew? rick and estela, the county is considering disputing some costs el paso children’s has… previously approved by the bankruptcy judge in this case. judge escobar says the county now has to look out for taxpayer interests… and that el paso children’s hospital is paying too much to consultants… that it should be using to pay back a $100 million dollar debt to umc. escobar says the county is considering filing opposition to fees from turnaround consultant alix- partners – currently listed as getting $180 thousand dollars a month. in addition, they may dispute an administrator for the group getting $695 dollars an hour from children’s. on top of that, alix- partners is listed as having 2 employees working on the bankruptcy filing at $1,035 dollars an hour, each, with a minimum of 5 hours per week. “those are unsettling amounts especially when we consider that some of that is local money, and we believe it’s important for the county to be the voice of the taxpayer through these proceedings.” these expenses and all others from el paso children’s have previously been presented to and approved by the bankruptcy judge… and the county may file their opposition by this wednesday. estela? a beautiful day to stop and smell the roses. the rose garden by