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Scott Becker - 6 Healthcare News Stories We Are Following Today 2-3-26 · Becker’s Healthcare Podcast

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  This is Scott Becker with the Becker's health
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  care podcast.
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  We're gonna cover six stories that we're following
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  this morning at Becker's health care. As always,
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  Here's six stories that we're following today.
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  First, Providence Mission Hospital in Laguna Beach, which
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  happens to be a beautiful place,
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  is starting a multiyear planning process to phase
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  out acute care and emergency services.
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  They attributed their decision to the fact that
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  their census has been really low.
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  80% of the hospital's inpatient beds are unused
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  each day, and that the cost to renovate
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  the facility,
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  particularly given the California seismic requirements and more,
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  are are huge,
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  and hospitals built in 1959.
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  This note on the
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  refurbishing renovating the hospital,
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  something that resonates with a lot of hospital
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  leaders, not just in California
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  because so much physical plant was produced sixty,
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  seventy, eighty years ago and needs updating, and
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  updating is very, very expensive.
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  The second story we're we're we're talking about
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  today
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  is the Ascension CEO,
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  Eduardo Conrado, who's who's a brilliant leader,
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  is says that Ascension is taking a closer
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  look at Medicare Advantage plans.
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  Ascension is among the organizations
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  rethinking how and whether
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  to continue to participating
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  in Medicare Advantage
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  plans.
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  Delays in care, high denial rates, and growing
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  administrative
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  burdens are prompting tougher contract
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  discussions
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  and increasingly systems going out of network and
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  not joining Medicare Advantage Plans.
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  Eduardo
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  says that Medicare Advantage Plans,
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  the program has strayed from its original purpose,
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  and it's become a source of friction for
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  health systems and a point of confusion and
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  stress for patients versus what it was originally
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  intended to do. That's another discussion
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  of major health systems having challenges with Medicare
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  Advantage Plans and the payers.
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  Third is a story at Munson Healthcare, Munson
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  Medical Center.
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  President who's been there for a couple years
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  is no longer with the organization.
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  He's leaving effective February 2.
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  The cheer of of the COO of Munson
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  Healthcare said they extend their gratitude to the
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  CEO,
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  but the president is is leaving Munson Medical
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  Center. Munson Healthcare is a great Traverse City
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  institution. For those not familiar, Traverse City, Michigan,
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  beautiful, beautiful place.
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  Fourth,
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  Colorado Hospital CEO resigns. The interim CEO taking
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  over,
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  Liz Sellers resigned to take another job. This
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  was at Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker, Colorado.
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  Fifth,
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  HCA acquires 13 more urgent care centers, six
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  freestanding
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  emergency departments.
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  This is largely in Texas.
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  They already did,
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  acquire a number of them in Florida,
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  and so they continue to increase their footprint
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  in both Florida and in Texas in terms
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  of EDs and urgent cares.
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  Over Christmas break this year, I was treated
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  in the HCA Florida urgent care, that HCA
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  that was an HCA.
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  It was branded as, I think, as m
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  HCA MD now. Actually got great treatment, so
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  very positive, etcetera, result, you know, in terms
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  of my own personal experience.
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  Sixth story we're we're we're talking about today
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  is
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  an interview with an orthopedic
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  surgeon,
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  says the business of medicine tsunami is overwhelming
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  orthopedics.
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  He talks about the increased reach of private
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  equity consolidation.
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  Insurance companies
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  has fundamentally changed the way that orthopedic care
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  is delivered
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  and that and health care in general and
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  how it's being delivered. This is an interview
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  with doctor Lewis Levitt.
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  The authors of these stories today that that
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  I'm talking about from Becker's health care,
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  Kristen Kuchno,
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  Ellen Condon,
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  Andrew Cass,
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  Madeline Sheets,
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  and and Cameron
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  Cortegano.
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  In that event, thank you for listening to
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  the Becker's Healthcare Podcast. Again, I'd love your
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  feedback. (773)
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  Thank you for listening to the Becker's Healthcare
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