Did You Ever Notice?

To quote the late 60 Minutes  curmudgeon Andy Rooney, "did you ever notice" how documentary movies--we could extend this to all so...

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

Every day seems to bring the latest breathlessly touted innovation in modern health care.  The endless hawking of new health care wonders is...

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

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...

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

From the annals of cognitive dissonance.... Background Here is the background.  Mercy Health, formerly Catholic Health Partners, claims to b...

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

To the tune of "Dirty Laundry," by Don Henley, some more of health care's dirty laundry... We have frequently discussed the se...

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

This WSJ Op-Ed could have been entitled "President Sucker:  Led Down the Garden Path by The Healthcare IT Industry." It is entitle...