Paul Levy
Do people who resign get severance packages?
By adamg - 1/22/11 - 11:07 amThe Globe reports on Paul Levy's $1.6-million severance from Beth Israel Deaconess.
Beth Israel Deaconess CEO to resign
By adamg - 1/7/11 - 9:55 amPaul Levy announces his resignation to medical-center staffers and readers of his blog.
State: Hospital directors waited too long to do something about CEO's relationship with employee
By adamg - 9/1/10 - 6:22 pmThe state Attorney General's office says the $50,000 fine levied by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's board of directors against CEO Paul Levy was punishment enough. But the AG's office, which found no abuse of hospital funds, also criticized the directors for not putting a stop to the relationship earlier, even though some board members might have known about it as early as 2003:
Had (Levy) been called on his failure to act, or had his failure to act been reported to the entire Board, this acknowledged 'lapse of judgment' might never have occurred. For senior managers who reported to Levy, demanding a response was likely difficult. For Board members, it was their job.
Paul Levy goes public
By adamg - 5/15/10 - 9:04 amLook for Levy interviews in local media through next week as he goes public and says he won't resign as CEO at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He links to three interviews so far; the Herald has the most details on the woman in question and her role at Beth Israel (more specifically, its Needham hospital).
The cost of an indiscretion: $50,000
By adamg - 5/3/10 - 5:27 pmThe Boston Business Journal reports the board of trustees at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has censured CEO Paul Levy over that inappropriate relationship with an underling and fined him $50,000. Also, one trustee resigned, although he wouldn't say why.'
Levy posts his apology.
Beth Israel CEO apologizes for something
By adamg - 4/26/10 - 9:46 pmOn chocolate-chip cookies and medical mistakes at Beth Israel
By adamg - 10/19/06 - 1:55 pmIf nothing else, Paul Levy is certainly giving us the broad view of life at the helm of a major medical center.
Yesterday, he dished up the recipe for the Beth Israel Hospital cafeteria's chocolate-chip cookies. Today, he discusses what should happen when medical practitioners make mistakes - in particular, a note he got from an RN about a medication mistake she made a day after Levy had notified the hospital staff about disciplinary action against a physician.
