Promoting Amphetamines for Over-Eating - What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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Promoting Amphetamines for Over-Eating - What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Unknown 2/27/2015 Komentar

Every day seems to bring the latest breathlessly touted innovation in modern health care.  The endless hawking of new health care wonders is beginning to inspire some skepticism, but maybe not enough.The Promotion of...

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Timing Discharges to Maximize Revenue - "Corruption" of Corporate Long-Term Hospitals?

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Timing Discharges to Maximize Revenue - "Corruption" of Corporate Long-Term Hospitals?

Unknown 2/23/2015 Komentar

A recent Wall Street Journal article that focused on a quirk in US Medicare payment rules that may be gamed by long-term hospitals also revealed the plight of physicians employed by such hospitals, and worse, the danger...

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You Called Me "Greedy?" - $2.2 Million/Year CEO of Catholic Health Care Whose Mission is to Bring "God’s Mercy to the Poor and Under-served" Sues Union for Defamation

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You Called Me "Greedy?" - $2.2 Million/Year CEO of Catholic Health Care Whose Mission is to Bring "God’s Mercy to the Poor and Under-served" Sues Union for Defamation

Unknown 2/20/2015 Komentar

From the annals of cognitive dissonance....Background Here is the background.  Mercy Health, formerly Catholic Health Partners, claims to be the largest health system in Ohio, and one of the largest in the US (look...

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Pay 'em When They're Up, Pay 'em When They're Down - CEO Value Extraction Even at Small Non-Profit Hospitals

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Pay 'em When They're Up, Pay 'em When They're Down - CEO Value Extraction Even at Small Non-Profit Hospitals

Unknown 2/18/2015 Komentar

To the tune of "Dirty Laundry," by Don Henley, some more of health care's dirty laundry...We have frequently discussed the seemingly unstoppable rise of compensation given to top hired managers of health care organizations. ...

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Wall Street Journal: "ObamaCare’s Electronic-Records Debacle"

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Wall Street Journal: "ObamaCare’s Electronic-Records Debacle"

Unknown 2/18/2015 Komentar

This WSJ Op-Ed could have been entitled "President Sucker:  Led Down the Garden Path by The Healthcare IT Industry."It is entitled "ObamaCare’s Electronic-Records Debacle", as below.  First, though:On Feb. 18,...

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The $5.3 Million a Year Government Bureaucrat - The Top Administrator, or CEO of a "Government Entity," Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, "Doing Business as" Carolinas Healthcare Gets a Raise

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The $5.3 Million a Year Government Bureaucrat - The Top Administrator, or CEO of a "Government Entity," Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, "Doing Business as" Carolinas Healthcare Gets a Raise

Unknown 2/12/2015 Komentar

The pay given to top managers of health care organizations continues its seemingly inexorable rise, and the justifications for it seem to be increasingly perfunctory.  However, a closer look at individual cases can...

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