March 15, 2021 New Orleans A dozen years ago, the US government created a consumer-facing rating system for nursing homes to allow families to make informed decisions about where to place loved ones in order to receive the best care they could afford. Homes would be rated by the number of stars they received …
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The Fog of Hospital Transparency
March 12, 2021 New Orleans ACORN, Local 100 United Labor Unions, and the Labor Neighbor Research & Training Center have spent recent months with the help of two outstanding Tulane University research interns studying the compliance of hospitals with transparency rules promulgated by the federal government. We’re not finished by a long shot, but …
Finally a Non-Profit Hospital Takeover Scam by HCA Comes to Justice
New Orleans The whole business of for profit hospital chains, like the giant Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) and others, buying tax exempt nonprofits in these huge wheeling deals, has to be looked at with huge skepticism. Anytime the wolves are hanging with the lambs it is hard to believe that the people that are …