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Hospital vs. insurer battle

artappraiser — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 00:51:30 +0000

In reply to Top NY hospital execs, docs got $80M in bonuses

Hospital vs. insurer battle getting a bit feisty here!

"The same people who brought us high deductible plans and narrow networks now expect patients to trust them to solve the surprise billing crisis," says @FedAmerHospital chief Chip Kahn pic.twitter.com/TugVsRZofz
— Peter Sullivan (@PeterSullivan4) June 11, 2019

In other money-driven

artappraiser — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 01:01:23 +0000

In reply to Top NY hospital execs, docs got $80M in bonuses

In other money-driven medicine news (the author has alternately filed it under "WHO'S FUCKING YOU TODAY")

Drug Company to Pay Just $15.4 Million Over Doctor Bribery Scandal Involving Medicine That Brings in $1 Billion a Year

By Matt Novak @ Gizmodo.com, June 5

and today Gizmodo tweeted this correction to Novak's story:

CORRECTION: Gizmodo originally stated that drug company Mallinckrodt had jacked up the price of an anti-seizure medication from $40 in 2000 to over $40,000 today. A spokesperson for Mallinckrodt emailed to request a correction that the drug costs $38,892. https://t.co/o5NW7APhkZ pic.twitter.com/8wE3AYpMSy
— Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) June 6, 2019

By same reporter and paper,

artappraiser — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 18:59:30 +0000

In reply to Top NY hospital execs, docs got $80M in bonuses

By same reporter and paper, June 5

Hospital safety: Some Hudson Valley hospitals score low; what to know about different reviews

Dozens of New York hospitals received poor scores on different federal government and independent reviews of safety and quality, but discrepancies in ratings raised questions about which scores best benefit patients.

For example, a total of 30 hospitals had grades of D or F in the nonprofit Leapfrog Group’s hospital safety ratings for this spring. In contrast, just 11 hospitals earned an A in the report from the nationally recognized health care safety advocate.

Meanwhile, 48 hospitals across New York had the lowest one-star rating in the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, review, according to a USA TODAY Network analysis.

Yet some New York hospitals that received safety grades of C from Leapfrog had CMS ratings ranging from one to four stars, which raises questions about what drives the differences. For example, Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsieand Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck each received a C from Leapfrog, yet Vassar Brothers received one star from CMS and Northern Dutchess received four.

The New York tally is not alone as hospital ratings across the country varied based on the different review involved, suggesting patients seeking the best health care could be confused by the discrepancies, USA TODAY reported [....]