September 15, 2024 Recent News
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If anyone wanted truly to save money for the government they would only have to go to the Medicare Advantage program. Ten years ago the feds had a plan to stop MA plans from overcharging the industry. When the plans didn't like it the feeds backed off. Now they are cheating the feds like crazy. The feds now claim probably rightfully that UnitedHealth MA has cheated them out of $2 Billion. That is probably really only a small amount of actuality. United and others falsely exaggerate how sick patients are with feathering of the diagnosis to back up their false claims. The problems of today's overspending by fed med are a direct shot from CMS pulling back a decade ago.
The physicians of South County Health in Wakefield, Rhode Island, have called for a leadership change in their hospital. They do not like the way the CEO is running the hospital due to current "staff shortages" The hospital is covering up by stating there is a challenging healthcare environment. There has always been and will always continue to be a challenging healthcare environment for those who want there to be. Here their three oncologist resigned en masse and the hospital announced at the same time that three new hematologists have been hired.
The medical faculty at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, have signed a no confidence letter against their CEO and their dean of the school of medicine. They accuse the leaders of a poor work environment and the cause of the fleeing of staff, along with the hiring of non-qualified staff. They accuse the leaders of using tenure and promotion delays as retaliation for going against the leader's wishes. The University President said that many of the issues have been addressed and the two accused are worthy of support.
Santa Clara County in California is purchasing Regional Medical Center. Advocates in the Black East Palo Alto area are calling for community reparations as part of the sale. Of course, California had no part in the slavery of the Civil War era but that never stopped a good bribery.
I am putting this under physicians even though it pertains to nurse midwives. The University of California has made a decision to stop the Master program for nurse midwives. They will offer a doctorate program instead. This will add time and expense to those who wish to become the advanced practitioners. The Democrats who love their DEI regs decry the decision even though it is part of the national trend to require all advanced practitioners to get doctorate degrees. They , as usual, want lesser ability for lesser trained people. The nurse-midwife association does not believe the extra year of training will add knowledge to their workforce. Another dumb statement.
Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai has suspended OB/GYN Dr. Barry Brook without any peer review procedures. He says he resigned his position without any fact finding or hearing on the merits. He was allegedly accused of unnecessary physical exams and forcing women to give birth vaginally instead of via C-Section. There were three total complaints covering his 46 year medical career.
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