As you know, it’s hard to make a decision when you might have to pay a large price for it.
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Former Tenet Healthcare hospital CEOs, are facing trial in a criminal case that alleges that they personally violated the federal Anti-Kickback Statute.
As you may recall, back in April, 2018, in my post What’s The Downside Risk for Hospital Executives?, I wrote about the fact that Trevor Fetter, the former CEO of Tenet Healthcare, had no skin in the game: his strategy put the company into a nosedive. It lost hundreds of millions. But upon being pushed […]
As you know, it’s hard to make a decision when you might have to pay a large price for it.
CHS lost approximately $2 billion dollars in 2017 on revenues of $3.1 billion.
A physician makes a mistake, commits negligence, and what’s the result? It can be horrific. Malpractice suit. Medical staff discipline. Medical board discipline leading even to loss of licensure. Reputation destroyed. Now ask yourself what happens if a hospital executive, say the CEO of a publicly held hospital chain, commits the equivalent type of error, […]
Naughty or Nice? This year, Santa brought a lump of coal to Tenet’s Abrazo Maryvale hospital campus. Rumored to be accompanied by the Grinch for extra muscle, he padlocked the 232-bed Phoenix area facility. All kidding aside, the hospital fell victim to, in the words of its spokesman, “dwindling patient volumes.” As a reader of […]
The prognosis for hospitals, at least as we know them today, is guarded.
If you attended my recent webinar, The Impending Death of Hospitals, you know that I firmly believe that healthcare delivery is shifting away from hospitals and their aligned physicians. In fact, the prognosis for hospitals, at least as we know them today, is guarded. As another guidepost in this transformation, Tenet Healthcare Corporation just announced […]
Although the devil’s in the details of any contract, consider the impact of the term and termination provisions in a system-wide exclusive contract.
