tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post2142828325239950478..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: When a company is run by droidsPaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-39621129475260952852014-12-21T13:45:10.350-05:002014-12-21T13:45:10.350-05:00Thank you for this. Certainly questions I will be ...Thank you for this. Certainly questions I will be highlighting to at least one local conglomerate. I had a "problem" doctor there, more of a personality issue that caused other problems. He is skilled but still makes mistakes because of attitude/ego. I've been gaslighted, lawyered, blacklisted, had the cops called on me (cops told them 'leave her alone', she's doing 'nothing wrong'). I've never threatened with a lawsuit but said this isn't the first time this has happened and you need to fix the problem. Not on our dimes though. They didn't. So now I pass it on. It is past time to get any company that is making more than $10 million a year to have non profit status removed. I could think of a number of other laws that could be put in too. Taming the beasts they have become would be good. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-83539394534694792332014-12-20T17:08:15.592-05:002014-12-20T17:08:15.592-05:00Of all the items you have covered recently this is...Of all the items you have covered recently this is possibly the most disturbing.<br /><br />I have been on the admin and business side of healthcare, mostly eldercare, for 24 years. Went into this work eventually becoming an elder care and planning/support provider and doing a lot of direct care myself. Not a path to riches, but meaningful work and I bet I had lots of clients like the Heries. Wish I had the resources to send them some $ for their HC bills. Where is the Board of Directors of this hospital? Wonder what they are directing CEO to do with his surplus?From Vermontnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-2179106043728303642014-12-20T17:05:39.610-05:002014-12-20T17:05:39.610-05:00Name and shame.
How can you put these people in t...Name and shame.<br /><br />How can you put these people in the category of "health care?" They are in the illness exploitation business.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-90800218622323887852014-12-20T17:05:01.375-05:002014-12-20T17:05:01.375-05:00From Twitter:
It's a shocker! A health servic...From Twitter:<br /><br />It's a shocker! A health service that creates the conditions for ill health.Mary Freer @FreerMarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-32713753744522017532014-12-20T15:22:29.125-05:002014-12-20T15:22:29.125-05:00While their collection practices seem extreme, if ...While their collection practices seem extreme, if they did not pursue debtors their other patients would have to make up at least part of the difference. They certainly do have a PR problem, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-73154126555256185172014-12-20T10:20:32.172-05:002014-12-20T10:20:32.172-05:00From Twitter:
Makes me furious. Where does this g...From Twitter:<br /><br />Makes me furious. Where does this greed and lack of compassion COME from? Heartless, indeed.Jeanne Apelseth @SDSunchasernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-62479651108871471652014-12-20T08:30:40.407-05:002014-12-20T08:30:40.407-05:00From Twitter:
When I ran rev cycle for a large sy...From Twitter:<br /><br />When I ran rev cycle for a large system, we never went after individuals personally. Seemed unethical.Nick Dawson @nickdawsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-13294750031676420532014-12-20T08:11:16.529-05:002014-12-20T08:11:16.529-05:00First point...they should be renamed "Heartle...First point...they should be renamed "Heartless"<br /><br />Second point...the 2-3% margin is the "norm", even in the face of mismanaged, high expense generating, overpaid administrators.<br /><br />Final point...it is no longer justified to allow these businesses to hide under the guise of "non-profit"...it would be much better (but not perfect) to have their Boards and bureaucrats answer to the SEC, IRS and the media, and to stockholders in regard to their reckless spending and bloated salaries and "heartless" behavior. Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-5955141939316610992014-12-20T08:09:54.229-05:002014-12-20T08:09:54.229-05:00From Facebook:
Maybe they are changing their name...From Facebook:<br /><br />Maybe they are changing their name because "Heartland" is so easily changed to "Heartless" which seems to describe them to a T.Beverly Heywood Rogersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-21742496794994786842014-12-19T20:46:33.568-05:002014-12-19T20:46:33.568-05:00From Facebook:
No words. I wonder whose pockets a...From Facebook:<br /><br />No words. I wonder whose pockets are lined by that 8% profit margin ripped from the people who can least afford it.Norma Sandrocknoreply@blogger.com