Category: Hospital Systems
Hospital Systems Charge “Facility Fees”
A Wall Street Journal article describes a phenomenon that many health care consumers have painfully discovered. Hospital systems buy up medical practices and other health care facilities. Then, customers learn they must pay a “facility fee” they previously did not have to pay. That adds substantially to out-of-pocket charges. (HT: […]
Hospitals Killed Covid Patients
Corporations Practicing Medicine
It is rare that I agree with anything that originates in the state of Oregon. But it was reported within the last couple of weeks that the state legislature there is considering a bill to limit corporate ownership of medical practices. Sadly, it exempts hospital systems from the toughest requirements. […]
Doctors Not In Control
I disagree with the premise in the statement Carlson made above: “Eithan Haim is one of the rare American physicians who’s refused to accept the sexual mutilation of children in his hospital.” Haim certainly should be applauded for his courage to make public something that is terribly wrong, at enormous […]
Hospital Systems Pushing Masks Once Again
The Epoch Times reported yesterday that hospital systems around the country are returning to mask mandates for staff and/or visitors. Here in Greensboro, the Cone Health hospital system is requiring its staff to resume using masks. But these hospital systems are profoundly ignorant. We had previously reported here that the […]
News and Record Highlights Cone Shortcoming on Price Transparency
It is now the law that hospital systems must provide pricing to patients when they are subject to out-of-pocket expense. We had highlighted here over the last several months that the Cone Health System here in Greensboro has not been following the law. Finally, the Greensboro News and Record– to […]
Cone Health’s Socialist Marketing Campaign
Driving on highway 29 every day, I cannot help but notice a billboard for Cone Health that proclaims a certain message to the community. The message? The best care is care for ALL. And then I noticed a television commercial last night. The health system announced that part of its […]
Hospital Monopolies Face Court Trial
An interesting article at Carolina Journal suggests the NC State Supreme Court is hearing a case that challenges our state’s certificate of need (CON) process. This is the law that essentially grants hospital systems monopoly status by protecting them from competition. This case has relevance here in Greensboro because Atrium […]
Folwell: Hospitals Engage in Extreme Price Markups, Lack Transparent Pricing
State Treasurer Dale Folwell has done it again. He released a report this week that finds the following regarding our state’s corrupt hospital systems: The advertising images they cultivate convey that they are caring and compassionate. But they are ruthless with respect to price-gouging, and also with respect to taking […]