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Documents show UI hospital chief’s contract would be dropped (Cedar Rapids Gazette)

IOWA CITY â?? University of Iowa officials told outgoing University Hospitals Chief Executive Officer Donna Katen-Bahensky in October her contract would not be renewed, which led to her resignation, documents released Friday revealed.

But a UI official and Katen-Bahensky’s lawyer said Friday she was not fired from her position of leading the state’s largest specialty, teaching and research hospital. The documents show she received a $829,958 severance.