By Gusty Monday, 23 February 2015 corporate physician health care corruption Kindred Health mission-hostile management Select Medical Good Health and Timing Discharges to Maximize Revenue - "Corruption" of Corporate Long-Term Hospitals?. Elvonda 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 rev...
By Gusty 05:50 Good Health and Don't Forget the Irma Ruebling Distinguished Speaker Series on March 19, 2015! . Elvonda Clink on the image above to enlarge it
By Gusty Thursday, 19 February 2015 executive compensation labor unions Mercy Health (Ohio) SLAPP Good Health and 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. Elvonda From the annals of cognitive dissonance.... Background Here is the background. Mercy Health, formerly Catholic Health Partners, claims to b...
By Gusty Tuesday, 17 February 2015 executive compensation hospital systems hospitals St Luke's Health System West Georgia Health Good Health and Pay 'em When They're Up, Pay 'em When They're Down - CEO Value Extraction Even at Small Non-Profit Hospitals. Elvonda To the tune of "Dirty Laundry," by Don Henley, some more of health care's dirty laundry... We have frequently discussed the se...
By Gusty 11:33 AMA healthcare IT dangers healthcare IT distraction healthcare IT risk HITECH Jeffrey A. Singer MD Wall Street Journal Good Health and Wall Street Journal: "ObamaCare�s Electronic-Records Debacle" . Elvonda This WSJ Op-Ed could have been entitled "President Sucker: Led Down the Garden Path by The Healthcare IT Industry." It is entitle...
By Gusty Monday, 16 February 2015 health apps mHealth Good Health and mHealth Apps to Monitor Recently Discharged Patients. Elvonda After knee surgery: how do you monitor this patient at home? The "this paper" link in the original post directed readers to the wr...
By Gusty Sunday, 15 February 2015 Good Health and PT Degree & Certification. Elvonda I think you learn a lot more in academia then you probably give yourself credit for, you finish a bachelor�s degree, you are an expert in w...