Hospital Governance - Who is REALLY in Charge??

[@MK-ih6wp]

So glad I found this channel!

[@ahealthcarez]

I am too.

[@lawron2]

Me too😊

[@billeberhart6606]

Very interesting information, thank you. I really liked the fact shared about Lee County Hospital.

[@ahealthcarez]

Thank you for watching and for your feedback.

[@Larry000]

Appreciate the clarity. Hospital care is a costly resource that must be allocated, balancing healthcare with cost. It seems wise to put the decisions in the hands of those both paying for it and receiving it. Converting all the other hospitals to that model seems challenging.

[@ahealthcarez]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

[@TalesAndTokens]

One area that I think was missed in your presentation are the state hospitals that are a public corp. They have a board of directors, for profit, but no shareholders.

[@ahealthcarez]

Thank you for your feedback.

[@robert-rv8lo]

Hospitals having a corporate purpose in the first place (other than healing patients) is how we ended up in the timeline of "deny defend depose".

[@ahealthcarez]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

[@specialzero75]

Aren't you confusing healthcare providers with insurance companies? Even for-profit hospitals have an incentive to provide good healthcare services because that leads to long-term consumer satisfaction and continuing business. It's rarely a doctor or hospital that is denying you a healthcare service. It is insurance companies whose interests are at odds with a patient's interest because they get to keep all the money that isn't used for your healthcare. Doctors and nursers are in the top 5 most trusted professions in the US according to Gallop polling.

[@robert-rv8lo]

@@specialzero75 I think you kind of missed the point. The tendency in capitalism is to move towards a non-competitive market as companies consolidate. Gobbling up the competition means more profits and less having to compete with other companies. The biggest example of this United Healthcare's acquisitions and vertical integration. And once you have a monopoly, you can work on bribing government officials to keep from getting broken up. Capitalism isn't about competition or free markets. It's about capital.

[@robert-rv8lo]

Once you've gobbled up all of the competition, patients will have no choice but to use you, and you can then dictate the quality and the price of the healthcare and even if the patient doesn't like, they have no option to go somewhere better.

[@ftm21stCentury]

Great information ❤❤ Thanks a lot for sharing this.

[@ahealthcarez]

Thank you for watching.

[@NANA-nd1kq]

In Illinois, nobody polices compliance. When private citizens attempt to police compliance it is thwarted (FOIAs denied). When private citizens miraculously obtain evidence of non-compliance...they are obligated to personally go get several hundred thousands of dollars of private funding to pay lawyers to attempt litigation against lawyers for the "NPO" who are funded by: THE TAXPAYERS WHOM THEY ARE EXPLOITING AND ALLEGEDLY HARMING FOR PRIVATE PERSONAL BENEFIT. This is not litigation which will benefit the private citizen using their own time/money to win a personal award...so who is stupid enough to take on this role of crusading to help the lazy ignorant public from being cheated, and even arguably murdered, by this system?

[@malcorub]

For these terribly "boring" topics such as hospital governance, I'm going to have to ask you to wear a tie die shirt or an ugly Christmas sweater Dr. Bricker. ♥

[@malcorub]

kidding of course. SALUD!

[@ahealthcarez]

Good suggestion.

[@rbsdrummer]

Academic Medical Centers are 501c3’s as well… and they get to not pay taxes on property and 340B drug pricing as well. I wonder who they’re accountable to 🤔

[@ahealthcarez]

Thank you for your perspective.

[@TheFranchfry]

This video made me laugh out loud twice

[@DF-dx1ef]

Accountants are in charge...who ever controls the purse controls the organization

[@ahealthcarez]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

[@thesauce669]

Physicians lost once they let rats run the healthcare---now the rodents are here to stay.

[@ahealthcarez]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.