Non-Profit Hospital Defends Finances

“Over the past few weeks, several articles and “studies” have been filled with inaccuracies and, at best, incomplete analyses of Parkview Health’s financial position, with calls to invest more in the community. I never expected having to defend what Parkview does for the community, but I will, and I’ll also provide some context regarding our financials.”

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Price Transparency Be Damned – I’m Insured Through OPM Insurance Company

“Americans usually put relationships ahead of money” because the money is not really theirs. “Once patients find a physician they trust and a hospital they like, they tend to stick with them even if there is a lower-cost alternative nearby” because, after all, they use Other People’s Money. No one ever cares about health care costs when using Other People’s Money (insurance). Transparency be damned………………………

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Teacher Retirement System Considering Big Changes

Formerly sleepy TRS trustees are considering “big changes” to TRS ActiveCare because member districts are threatening to leave to establish their own health plans. Competition, for the first time, is clearly at play here (Texas School District Challenges TRS ActiveCare Plan Mandates).

The TRS solution? Eliminate community rating so some districts can pay more and utilize narrow networks so all districts have less choice……………………..

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The Mother of All Health Care Battles Looms

We have reached a tipping point in the battle against high cost health care. Employers have run out of money to pay for it. Employees can’t afford to use their health insurance anymore. Meanwhile hospitals continue to game the system with egregious charge-master pricing and their disco-discount game with their carrier partners. They have effectively dug their grave and are about to be pushed into it……………..

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