Hopefully the new President and cabinet will offer some relief in this areas. 50% of the hospitals in the US already are either bordering on insolvency or getting very close. In the related reading below there is an entire series on Desperate Hospitals that describe how many are coping and...
Posted to
The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 11-12-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, healthcare, Budget Cuts, Hospitals, Medicaid, Desperate Hospitals, outpatient services
Desperate hospitals taking desperate measures, with none of this being legal and lead a couple arrests with more to come. Empty beds cost hospitals money, so was this an attempt to fill the beds or fill some pockets. Over 50% of the hospitals in the US border on insolvency. ...
Posted to
The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 08-06-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, medicare, Hospitals, Medicaid, Los Angeles, Fraud, Homeless
Sine the closing of Martin Luther King Hospital, things have been a little bit crazy in trying to cover the residents who depended on the hospital. When a 911 call goes out, patients don’t know where they will end up, St. Francis, Kaiser, or Long Beach. Most residents are on Medicaid, in California known...