As the old saying goes, things roll downhill and Siemens was the straw that broke the camel's back here. Recently Siemens has been in the news with their own issues with restructuring and lay offs. There are other creditors including Clinical Laboratories of Hawaii, Ewa Beach, $3.9 million;...
In California we are well aware of this with the recent news with Prime Health Care being challenged on this practice as they have no contracts with the insurers and charge their published rates for out of network care, and the patient is stuck in the middle, but from the other side of the coin, some...
When you look around, it appears the large Not for Profit folks seems to being doing all the facility expansions, as well as hiring new clinicians, but now some of the practices are being looked at with a bit of scrutiny as the Wall Street Journal discusses. Some facilities charge up to 10 times...
So much for feeling good about decisions...but is this where we seem to be headed at times with everything being focused on the dollar and not the quality of healthcare? Hospitals are struggling to come out of bankruptcy and some are starting the trek, so I hope this does not continue to be the...
Interestingly enough, while I was watching this video, my cell phone rings from Anthem Blue Cross with an automated questioning system about taking care of my health, somewhat of a parody as I was reviewing the video for the blog. I went through the system and first off I do have to make one comment...
33% found a big part of the right answer - software. Business Intelligence software for a hospital is something you almost can't live without, otherwise the audits can do what they just accomplished. The auditors will have the software to come in and audit with, so why not get a step...
How important is the solvency of hospitals in the US? Just last week I commented on a recent situation here in southern California, a sting operation whereby hospitals were caught breaking the law in the search for additional funds from Medicare and Medicaid with using the homeless as reported...
Every day it seems that I post something related to hospitals and the cost of healthcare as well the new technology that is coming out. This information today from the Orange County Register talks about the high cost of health care. In Orange County home repossessions are at a record high as well...