Originally Posted by LarryG
Is the suit legit? That's the question.
If not, then it should be dismissed.
If it is, then there should be consequences, no?
I doubt that it would be anymore "legit" than any other hospital.
TJUH probably gives away more charity care than I have seen anywhere.
Mercy does a good portion.(PS Karen, I hope that all is well there - I heard that St. Agnes is closing?)
HUP, well I would hedge a bit. Probably in peds, they take alot of losses.
The problem is people see "Nonprofit" as cheap or free. In the Philadelphia, the other major players are "Forprofits" and they scoop up the paying patients and bump the nonpaying cases to others. I personally saw cases that inadequate care was rendered to noninsured patients and then they were bumped to Nonprofits to clean up and do the expensive fixup work.
There is a major "Forprofit" group in Philly that plays alot of bait and switch. They lowball cases and transfer them to other facilities, that find the patient much different than described. PS they also bait and switch employees/travelers. They hired on alot of cardiac nurses, overstaffing the ICU/tele/cardiac units. They then float them all over the hospital, to neuro/ortho/renal/MS. The hospital does these, becuase no one will apply for their MS positions, the work is so heavy.
The point is TJUH and the others deserve to get paid for care that they render. An ORIF is an ORIF, no matter whether it is done on a poor person or a rich person, whether it is in a Nonprofit or a Forprofit. They have right to at least recoup what they can of expenses, by whatever normal legal means that they can. Otherwise they close their doors and the poor get their care from the Forprofit, that will use collection agencies, etc. to collect. Or bump them to the street until they are critically ill or die. The poor will not get the preventative care that they need and come in sicker and more expensive to care for.
Would you like to comment?
Hmmnn, caroladybelle this is more addressed to you
