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MPTF Says It Improved Staff Training, Facilities After Patient's Death

February 22, 2012 By Brent Lang 13 weeks ago

CEO Bob Beitcher says the organization exists to "take care of our own"

  

MPTF Fined $80,000 in Patient's Mysterious Death

February 22, 2012 By Brent Lang 13 weeks ago

State's Department of Health cites inadequate supervision in the falling death of wheelchair-bound Carrie De Lay

  

MPTF: This Blog Has Nothing to Do with George Clooney

February 3, 2012 By Richard Stellar 16 weeks ago

Those who made a difference, effected social change, saved lives, and shared a cigar with me along the way

  

MPTF Bows to Pressure, Will Begin Admitting New Patients to Long-Term Care Unit

January 25, 2012 By Brent Lang 17 weeks ago

The number of patients at the Wasserman facility has dwindled to 29 from more than 150 when closure of the facility was first announced

  

MPTF Lays Off 18 Workers and Caregivers (Exclusive)

January 19, 2012 By Brent Lang 18 weeks ago

Staffing cuts come as the number of patients in the longterm care center has dwindled to 29

  

MPTF 3 Years Later: Longterm Care Remains Open, But Patients Down to 29

January 13, 2012 By Brent Lang 19 weeks ago

Tensions have cooled as the administration works to find a new partner, but grassroots activists want new residents to be admitted

  

More MPTF Woes: Medi-Cal Cuts Will Mean 22% Reduction in Reimbursements

November 3, 2011 By Brent Lang 29 weeks ago

Despite the cuts, CEO Bob Beitcher reaffirmed that the organization is committed to maintaining long-term care on its campus

  

MPTF's Beitcher: Providence Talks Over, New Partner May Be Announced Soon

October 7, 2011 By Brent Lang 33 weeks ago

Exclusive: CEO says the fund has moved on after Providence talks broke down over money

  

MPTF CEO Beitcher Reassures Staff After Failure of Deal With Providence

October 7, 2011 By Brent Lang 33 weeks ago

In letter to employees, Beitcher insisted a plan was in place to keep the facility operating

  

MPTF Makes It Official: Bob Beitcher Named President and CEO

July 26, 2011 By Brent Lang 43 weeks ago

The former Panavision CEO had been serving in the post on an interim basis and has helped cool tensions over a plan to shutter the non-profit's hospital

  

MPTF Preps for Renovations, but Deal With Providence Still in the Works

July 5, 2011 By Brent Lang 46 weeks ago

Exclusive: In a memo to staff, CEO Bob Beitcher says that the transfer should happen by the end of the year

  

MPTF's Tax Return: While It Planned Hospital Closure, Revenue Was Up

March 22, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

EXCLUSIVE: IRS documents show that in 2009, the fund's revenue and salaries increased -- and CEO David Tillman made $918,000

  

MPTF Sued Over 89-Year-Old Patient's Mysterious Death

March 15, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Family of Carrie DeLay is suing the hospital looking for answers as to why the elderly woman fell to her death

  

At Long Last, 'Vanity Fair' Publishes MPTF Piece -- Online Only

February 25, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Analysis: Well-written piece is marred by a serious case of Jeffrey Katzenberg worship

  

Inside the MPTF Meeting With Families

February 23, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

It was a subdued affair as CEO Bob Beitcher was grilled about plans to keep the longterm care facility and hospital open and running

  

MPTF Chief Beitcher Grilled: 'It’s a Big Win For Everybody'

February 23, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The CEO on how partnering with Providence Health will save the Fund's hospital and longterm care facility

  

TheWrap's Complete Coverage of the MPTF Closure Saga: A Timeline

February 23, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

From the beginning, TheWrap has followed every twist and turn in the tale of the closing of the long-term care facility. Now, with resolution in the air, check out our exclusive comprehensive reportage.

  

Victory at the MPTF: A True Hollywood David and Goliath Story

February 23, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The decision to keep the hospital running could not have happened without a sustained grassroots campaign waged against the industry's heaviest hitters

  

MPTF Gives In; Longterm Care Facility to Remain Open

February 23, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Fund will partner with Providence Health & Services to keep the facility available to all residents

  

Hollywood Publicist-Turned-Producer Walter Seltzer Dies at 96

February 19, 2011 By Wrap Staff 1 year ago

Worked with Brando, Douglas and Heston -- was sole MPTF trustee to oppose closing of the fund's long-term care center

  

MPTF: Walk Like an Egyptian

February 11, 2011 By Richard Stellar 1 year ago

Like the Egyptians and Mubarak, we are dealing with men who have the power to stifle the Fourth Estate -- our press

  

Exclusive: Vanity Fair Pulls Motion Picture Home Piece From its Hollywood Issue

January 27, 2011 By Brent Lang & Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Decision to pull David Margolick's 5,000-word piece on the long-term care facility's closure follows spiking of feature on warring new media outlets

  

2 Years Later, the Fight Rages On to Keep MPTF Home Open

January 14, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

On the second anniversary of the closure announcement, the long-term care center remains open but with far fewer patients and staff

  

MPTF: A Christmas Song

December 24, 2010 By Richard Stellar 1 year ago

Once again they missed a golden opportunity to show the public what they recently claimed to the residents: continued support for the most elderly and infirm in their care

  

MPTF: And the Survey Says -- No Room for Old People

December 16, 2010 By Richard Stellar 1 year ago

Its latest survey is nothing but another PR hack's Hail Mary pass to divert the negativity that is being heaped with growing momentum onto the Board

  

State Investigates Mysterious Death at Motion Picture Home

November 29, 2010 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

EXCLUSIVE: Carrie DeLay, 89, died after falling down a flight of steps. Critics of the fund blame cutbacks and lax oversight

  
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