We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUE â€Â will provoke honest and open dialogue concerning issues that we, as responsible citizens of this community, need to address in a rational and responsible way?
IS IT TRUE that Deaconess Hospital and Henderson Community Methodist Hospital have formed a group called an “ACO?”  …its legend that “ACO” is where referrals are preferably kept within the group and only certain doctors at Deaconess and Methodist are invited to be a part of that group?  …we wonder if a “ACO” referral group created by Deaconess Hospital and Henderson Community Methodist Hospital could be considered discriminatory?
IS IT TRUE  that it been alleged that the paychecks of the “Hospitalists” have been paid by Union County Methodist for at least a year?  …we wonder how this could happen because the “Hospitalists” are being paid their salaries are not working at Union County Methodist Hospital? ..if this comment is correct wouldn’t officials at Union County Methodist and Henderson Community Methodist Hospital have some explaining to do about this check paying policy with the Kenturcky Tax Collection officials?
IS IT TRUE we wonder if the Henderson Community Methodist Hospital officials have explored all the possible avenues to find a suitable hospital to merge or buy them out?  …we wonder if the Henderson Community Methodist Hospital officials really did their due diligence of looking for ways to stop the economic bleeding at their hospital?  …on March 1, 2018, the Owensboro Health System President and Chief Executive  Officer, Greg R. Strahan sent a certified letter of interest to Methodist Hospital Chairman of the Board, Dane Shields?…attached below is a certified letter we received from an anonymous source yesterday for your review?
IS IT TRUE it been alleged that the head of the Union County Hospital Advisory Board asked the Henderson Community Methodist Hospital administration for a line-item documentation regarding a $23 million dollar cash advancement to Henderson County Methodist Hospital by Union County Hospital?  … it’s been alleged that as of today that the head of the Union County Hospital Advisory Board hasn’t received an answer to his question?
IS IT TRUE that an investigation by ProPublica and NPR found that not-for-profit Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind. filed more than 20,000 collection lawsuits against patients from 2010 through 2015, according to ProPublica’s analysis of state court data?  … after questioning by ProPublica, Deaconess said it was reconsidering its financial assistance policies and would be making changes?” …we hope that Deaconess Hospital, Evansville has made some major adjustments in their collections practices before closing the business agreement with Henderson Community Methodist Hospital?
IS IT TRUE that the NPR/ProPublica published an article on June 2, 2016, that stated Deaconess Hospital’s aggressiveness has come despite its very robust finances? …this article also stated that in 2015, the last publicly available report, the hospital disclosed a profit of $150 million? Â …we told that this figure could be around the $200 million?
Todays “Readers Poll†question is: Are you surprised that Methodist Hospital called off the public meeting scheduled for Thursday at 5:00 PM on the campus of Methodist Hospital?
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