U.S. Trustee Asks Hutcheson Medical Center Bankruptcy Be Dismissed; Says Hospital Too Far In Debt With No Reorganization Plan; Patient Care At Risk; HMC Says Care Still Good

http://www.chattanoogan.com/2015/8/18/306402/U.S.-Trustee-Asks-Hutcheson-Medical.aspx

Bankruptcy - Next Exit Sign

Dignity Health joins Obamacare-inspired joint venture to help run hospitals in Arizona

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2015/09/dignity-health-carondelet-tenet-ascensi-hospitals.html?ana=e_vert_st_20150907

Linda Hunt is president and CEO of Dignity Health's Arizona operations.

ON LEADERSHIP AND VULNERABILITY

http://linked2leadership.com/2015/09/04/leadership-and-vulnerability/

Vulnerability

For some reason, people in leadership roles have this idea that they have to be impervious – that showing emotion, vulnerability, or weakness of any kind somehow devalues their status.

4.4 percent of Americans don’t receive medical care because of cost

http://www.fiercehealthpayer.com/story/44-percent-americans-dont-receive-medical-care-because-cost/2015-09-01

CDC data finds percentage down from 6.9 in 2009, but barriers remain

 

Stop Making Your Team Read Your Mind: How to Set Clear Expectations

http://www.comphealth.com/resources/employer-resources/staffing-resources-and-tips/stop-making-your-team-read-your-mind-how-to-set-clear-expectations/

readmymind

 

Clear Health Costs: Insurers’ Payments Vary More than Hospital Charges

http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/HealthPolicy/53402?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-09-05&eun=g885344d0r

Money Physician

‘No cost basis for the difference,’ says former hospital CEO

Next Session of Congress: It’s All About the Money

http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/Washington-Watch/53426?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-09-05&eun=g885344d0r

Congress

Budget issues will predominate on the healthcare front, experts predict