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In this episode of Hospitals in Focus, we revisit a vital topic—disaster preparedness and response. Hurricanes Helene and Milton caused devastating impacts across the Southeast, including catastrophic flooding in Asheville, North Carolina. FAH-member HCA Healthcare stepped up to the challenge, and their Mission Hospital became a beacon of resilience, treating over 500 emergency patients in the first hours after Hurricane Helene, flying in 400 nurses and 40 physicians from sister facilities, and ensuring the community had access to essential services.Michael Wargo, HCA Healthcare's Vice President of Enterprise Preparedness & Emergency Operations, provides listeners with a 360-degree view of emergency preparedness. Mike shares lessons learned, the importance of planning for the “known unknowns,” and how HCA's leadership prioritizes readiness at all levels. Chip and Mike also explore broader considerations for disaster recovery, from practical on-the-ground strategies to policy changes so hospitals can remain resilient in the face of future disasters.Key Topics Covered:HCA's approach to readiness with the five “R's” of emergency operations;Mission Hospital's hurricane response;Leadership's role in fostering a culture of preparedness; and,Recovery efforts and challenges taxpaying hospitals face, including the need for commonsense, bipartisan policies to support these critical institutions. Guest Bio: Mr. Michael Wargo serves as HCA Healthcare's enterprise Vice President for Preparedness & Emergency Operations based in Nashville, TN. Mike joined HCA Healthcare in 2016 as the Assistant VP of Enterprise Emergency Operations, a role in which he was tasked to redesign and lead the organization's disaster and emergency operations program in readiness, response, and recovery from adverse natural and man-made incidents across both the U.S. and the metro London area of the UK. Mike brings more than 25 years of clinical experience in high quality, patient centered care and nearly two decades in public safety leadership. Mike is the Executive Officer and immediate past Chair of the U.S. Health and Public Health Sector Coordination Council of the National Critical Infrastructure Protection Program sanctioned by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21. In this role, he collaborates and serves as a trusted advisor to both federal secretary-level & SES leadership and senior private industry executives on readiness, response, and recovery initiatives impacting the U.S. national health security and critical infrastructure protection. Additionally, he served as the Chair of the Emergency Preparedness Committee for the Federation of American Hospitals. Mike is a veteran healthcare executive with experience leading the medical operations division of Northeast Regional Counter-Terrorism Task Force based in PA. He is the prior Administrator and Chief of Emergency Operations for Lehigh Valley Health Network, and an experienced flight nurse and Administrator of LVHN-MedEvac. Federally, Mike served in an intermittent position as a Supervisory Nurse Specialist for the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services National Disaster Medical Services. His combined experience includes both domestic and international homeland security and medical response training & operations. Mike holds multiple certifications in homeland security, disaster preparedness and is one of the first Certified Medical Transport Executives worldwide. He is a graduate of the American Military University with a Master of Business Administration degree, Kutztown University of PA with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing and is a graduate of St. Luke's School of Nursing with a Diploma of Nursing. Continuing his post-graduate studies, Mike is near completion of the Doctor of Public Health degree program at Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health.Mike was recently awarded with the “Director's Award for Outstanding Service to Mission” by the U.S. Secret Service for his leading the Pandemic Health Security & Medical Operations of the final 2020 U.S. Presidential Debate.
As the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) prepares for a pivotal year ahead, this special episode takes a moment to reflect on the progress made in health care policy and the challenges and opportunities on the horizon. Join host Chip Kahn as he sits down with retiring Executive Vice President of Policy, Steve Speil, to discuss his nearly four decades of experience in health care policy and his reflections on his remarkable 27-year tenure at FAH.Steve's career has spanned transformative decades in health care, from his early days in Massachusetts state health planning to tackling the evolving complexities of hospital policy in Washington, D.C. His insights in health care policy and the hospital community's resilience shine a light on how far we've come—and the work still ahead to ensure patients have access to 24/7 care.In this episode, Chip and Steve discuss: Steve's Career Journey Leading to FAH: From a Master in Public Health to law school and a career spanning Massachusetts state health planning, the Dukakis administration, AdvaMed, and ultimately the Federation of American Hospitals.Early Days at FAH: A look back at the early years of Steve's time at FAH, navigating key regulations like IPPS and legislation including the Balanced Budget Act.Changing Landscape of Health Policy: Steve reflects on accomplishments during his tenure and insights into how hospital policy has evolved, now facing increased burdens.Opportunities Ahead: Steve discusses the continued resilience of hospitals in the face of challenges and the critical role of organizations like FAH in supporting hospitals and the communities they serve.Guest bio: In his capacity as Executive Vice President of Policy, Steve Speil manages the Federation's broad portfolio of payment policy issues. He serves as the association's chief liaison on these issues with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Working closely with the senior finance and policy executives in the Federation's member companies, Steve develops and carries out both issue-specific and general strategic plans designed to advance the finance and payment related regulatory and legislative interests of the FAH.Prior to joining the Federation, Steve served as Associate Vice President, Policy Coordination and Communication for the Health Industry Manufacturers Association (now AdvaMed), the national trade group representing the medical technology industry. Before moving to Washington, Steve held a succession of increasingly senior management and policy positions in Massachusetts. During his time in the Bay State, Steve served as Legal Counsel to the Lieutenant Governor, Legislative Counsel for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Executive Director of the Disabled Persons Protection Commission, and Legal Counsel and Policy Director in the Office of State Health Planning. Steve also taught health law and policy as an Assistant Professor at Simmons College Graduate Program of Health Administration.At the federal level, Steve served in the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs. He also worked in the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of General Counsel.Steve earned a J.D. degree from American University's Washington College of Law; a Master in Public Health degree in Health Administration from the University of North Carolina School of Public Health; and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology/Zoology from the University of Michigan.
In this episode of Hospitals in Focus, we're pulling back the curtain on an often-overlooked yet truly “critical” aspect of our health care system—the supply chain. It's the backbone of our hospitals, ensuring that essential medical supplies reach patients in need. But what happens when that chain breaks? Host Chip Kahn is joined by Ed Jones, President and CEO of HealthTrust Performance Group, to discuss recent events that exposed vulnerabilities in this intricate network. Following Hurricane Helene's catastrophic impact on a major manufacturing facility for IV solutions, hospitals nationwide faced a sudden, alarming shortage. This crisis underscores that our health care supply chain is a fragile, interconnected network, frequently dependent on a limited number of suppliers and manufacturers. In this episode, Chip and Ed discuss: An introduction to Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs), and how they help hospitals secure reliable supplies at fair prices. Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness: How the COVID-19 pandemic and Hurricane Helene revealed and accelerated shifts in our supply chain, and what parallels these events share. The Role of GPOs in Drug Supply: An examination of how GPOs respond to shortages and their impact on supply and pricing. International Reach and Recovery: How global supply chains influence our health care systems. HealthTrust's Unique Approach: What sets HealthTrust apart from other GPOs in its approach to building a resilient and cost-effective supply chain. Guest Bio: As President and CEO of Healthtrust Performance Group, Ed has overall responsibility for a broad set of capabilities focused on supporting healthcare providers. His primary focus is providing the strategic direction and leadership of a comprehensive spend management and performance improvement business based in Nashville, Tennessee. Jones oversees all dimensions of a $52B portfolio; directs all consulting, managed services and outsourced relationships/alliances, including accountability for HCA Healthcare supply chain, sourcing contingent labor, facility management and clinical education.Jones' leadership encompasses several HealthTrust/HCA Healthcare business ventures that strengthen provider performance and competitive advantage, including: HealthTrust Workforce Solutions - The clinical labor staffing and consulting company including a proprietary program called StaRN (extensive training program for all new nurses) HCA Healthcare Center for Clinical Advancement - Responsible for providing continual education for over 90,000 nurses at HCA Healthcare through a team of approximately 800+ educators and several simulation labs HealthTrust Europe, which provides sourcing and supply chain services to HCA U.K. and sourcing services to 39 provider trusts in the U.K. HealthTrust Global Sourcing Office in Shanghai, China Galen College of Nursing Group purchasing organization that delivers clinically integrated solutions and savings across all sites of care He has 40 years of experience within the Healthcare industry, serving in his current role for the last 11 years and serving previously as the Chief Operating Officer of HealthTrust Performance Group with responsibility for strategic sourcing, clinical operations, custom contracting, supplier diversity, and regional operations. Prior to that, Jones served in several leadership positions within HCA Healthcare for 20 years following front-line roles at a hospital for seven years. Jones is a founding board member of the Health Sector Supply Chain Research Consortium, and a member and subcommittee leader of the Federation of American Hospitals. He also serves on the board of Galen College of Nursing and is the chairman of the finance committee. Jones also serves on the board of CoreTrust. Previously, he served as board chair on the Healthcare Supply Chain Association (HSCA). He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Commonwealth University.
On today's Quick Start podcast: NEWS: Christian Baker Wins BIG in Court, Hurricane Milton FOCUS STORY: American Hospitals Perform Stunning Amount of Child Sex-Change Procedures MAIN THING: Cameron Arnett Interview LAST THING: Philippians 1 SHOW LINKS 2024: https://www2.cbn.com/news/us/campaign-notebook-after-trump-nh-win-fat-lady-singing NEWSMAKERS POD: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/newsmakers/id1724061454 DC DEBRIEF POD: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/d-c-debrief/id1691121630 CBN News YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CBNnewsonline CBN News https://www2.cbn.com/news Faithwire https://www.faithwire.com/ Email us! QuickStartPodcast@cbn.org
Claire Nelson hadn't told anyone where she was going, and her phone lost signal shortly into her hike. As an experienced bushwalker, she never dreamed an adventure would turn out like this (R)
Is the rate of Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) increasing or decreasing in American Hospitals?Welcome to Episode 29 where we discuss a recent study from the NIH that shows HAI are increasing! We explore possible reasons and most importantly, what to do to reverse this concerning trend. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Real Nurses, Real Talk website: https://www.purposedrivenpx.com/real-nurses-real-talk-podcastInterest form to tell your story: https://form.jotform.com/230685346709060Be sure to connect with us on Instagram:@realnurses_pcSend questions, topic ideas, and/or comments to realnursespc@gmail.com..
Leading nutritionist, author, and radio show host, Nancy Addison talks with patients' rights advocate Scott Schara. Scott is the father of hospital murder victim Grace Schara, and plaintiff of the landmark civil lawsuit Schara v. Ascension Health et al., the first case of its kind to receive a jury trial date. They discuss facts, laws, hospital protocol and the truth about US law. They discuss hospitals and what you need to know. Scott's Website: our amazing grace .netOrganic Healthy Lifestyle is broadcast live Tuesdays at 3PM ET Music on W4CY Radio (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com Organic Healthy Lifestyle is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).Organic Healthy Lifestyle Podcast is also available on Talk 4 Media (www.talk4media.com), Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com), iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, Audible, and over 100 other podcast outlets.
This episode features Sal Ababneh, President of Swedish American Hospitals, UW Health. Here, he discusses key insights into his background & organization, what he is currently focusing on in his role, the importance for healthcare leaders to “get back to the basics”, and more.
American Hospitals: Interview with the Filmmakers David W. Johnson interviews Vince Mondillo, one of the filmmakers behind "American Hospitals," a hard-hitting but fair documentary that digs into the question of hospitals in America. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/
4sight Health's David W. Johnson interviews Vince Mondillo, one of the filmmakers behind "American Hospitals," a hard-hitting but fair documentary that digs into the question of hospitals in America. Listen to this one-of-a-kind episode before you stream the film. You can pre-order the film on Apple TV now or stream "American Hospitals" here.
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As this hour-long documentary explains US hospital care, and healthcare in sum, is largely volume-driven that over-emphasizes expensive specialty versus spending-efficient primary care. There exist few constraints on commercial healthcare pricing despite the fact hospital prices have little correlation to care quality or value, defined as outcomes achieved relative to spending. Prices also vary significantly - even within the same city. Healthcare today can be largely defined as a profit-maximizing business. Hospitals, and clinical care professionals as well, are geographically maldistributed and the problem is growing as safety net and rural hospitals continue to close. That healthcare by its very nature does not constitute a competitive market has been made worse by 1980s deregulation. As result, about a third of the 100 million adults in the U.S. with healthcare are in debt to hospitals. Healthcare delivery exhibits significant gaps in health equity and providers waste $10s of billions on administering a chaotic insurance plan marketplace. This discussion will remind listeners of my interview with Brian Alexander in June 2021 regarding his book, “The Hospital: Life, Death and Dollars in a Small American Town.”During this 34-minute interview, Mr. Potter begins the discussion by commenting on hospital prices, private equity and three current federal regulatory policies to limit price growth: medical loss ratios (MLRs); price transparency; and, site-neutral payments. Discusses non-profit hospital community benefit policy, measuring hospitals for value, and Maryland's All-Payer model that sets and globally budgets Maryland's hospital prices. Mr. Wendell Potter is a former health insurance company executive who became an industry reform advocate. Time Magazine called Mr. Potter, “the ideal whistleblower.” Mr. Potter left his position as a Cigna Health insurance executive in 2008 after what he has described as a crisis of conscience. Today, Mr. Wendell is President of two organizations: the Center for Health & Democracy; and, Business Leaders for Health Care Transformation. Both work in sum to end the employer-based health insurance system and guarantee health care for all Americans. You will find his writings on Substack via his HEALTH CARE un-covered newsletter. For information on the documentary go to: https://fixithealthcare.com/. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com
Virtually all Americans know that our healthcare system is broken and that it's working against us. But who is the villain in this story? Who is responsible for maintaining this healthcare system, and using it to profit off of patients? If we had to round up the usual suspects in a lineup, we'd probably end up with health insurance companies and big pharma. But what about hospitals? Many people like the nurses and doctors who care for them, and associate hospitals with those care-givers. But are hospitals equally responsible for the crazy costs of health care, for our poor access to care, and for the medical debt that is like a ball & chain on our personal finances? A new documentary sets out to answer this question. It's called “American Hospitals: Healing a Broken System,” and our guest today is Wendell Potter, who is associate producer on the film. https://www.youtube.com/live/6uLfGZE26lo Today's guest Wendell Potter is the former Vice President of Corporate Communications for the health insurance company Cigna. In 2008, he resigned, hung up his pitchfork for good, and became one of the industry's most prominent whistleblowers, testifying against corrupt practices in HMOs before the U.S. Senate. Since then, he has become a prominent advocate for Medicare for All and universal health care. Gillian starts by noting that we usually ID health insurers and Big Pharma as the worst actors in our healthcare system, the "villains" behind our dysfunctional system. She asks Wendell, should we add hospitals to the list? Wendell says YES, hospitals are part of the rogue's gallery specifically because of price gouging - charging far more than they should, and more than hospitals in countries with Medicare for All are allowed to. Hospital prices bear no relationship to the cost or quality of the medical services they're providing, and many hospitals charge as much as they can get away with. They get away with it because they face much less scrutiny from employers, from Congress, the states, and even from advocates. How do they get away with this? Unlike insurers and pharma, hospitals are part of our communities, they develop one-on-one relationships with their legislators and non-profits in their area. Ben asks Wendell to tell us more about the principle crime hospitals are guilty of - price gouging - and how specifically does hospital pricing work? Hospitals charge whatever they can get away with, so even in the same zip code you'll find hospitals charging wildly different prices for the same service, like an MRI. Insurance companies have not been able to negotiate these prices down because some of these hospitals are so big they can't be left out of insurance plans, and in rural areas there might be only one hospital with absolute bargaining power. Moreover, insurance companies don't care that much about hospital costs - they're more than happy to pass those on to the rest of us in the form of higher premiums. If you have insurance, when you get a hospital bill you'll probably see an enormous $ number that represents the alleged "price" of the service you receive, then you'll see a very marked down price that your insurance actually paid, creating the impression that your insurer has negotiated a massive discount on your behalf, sometimes 60% lower or even more. If you DON'T have insurance you might get that massive bill without a discount. Wendell explains that these huge hospital list prices are completely fake. Hospitals know that these prices will be negotiated down, and almost no one will actually pay the list price, so the game is to set that number as high as they possibly can to let insurers look like they've won something. If you're uninsured you are in the worst position because you have very little bargaining power with a hospital, but even then most hospitals will reduce or even eliminate that price for uninsured people - particularly non-profits,
This time on Code WACK! Are hospitals and health insurers incentivized to keep costs high? Are mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare sector helping - or hurting? How has the state of Maryland kept hospital costs in check – and how might other states do the same? To find out, we spoke with Richard Master, CEO of MCS Industries, founder of Business Leaders for Health Care Transformation and executive director of American Hospitals, the latest film in his documentary series. He's joined by Wendell Potter, a former health insurance industry communications executive, the New York Times best-selling author of Deadly Spin and president of Business Leaders for Health Care Transformation. This is the second episode in a two-part series about the film American Hospitals.
This time on Code WACK! Are hospitals and health insurers incentivized to keep costs high? Are mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare sector helping - or hurting? How has the state of Maryland kept hospital costs in check – and how might other states do the same? To find out, we spoke with Richard Master, CEO of MCS Industries, founder of Business Leaders for Health Care Transformation and executive director of American Hospitals, the latest film in his documentary series. He's joined by Wendell Potter, a former health insurance industry communications executive, the New York Times best-selling author of Deadly Spin and president of Business Leaders for Health Care Transformation. This is the second episode in a two-part series about the film American Hospitals.
This time on Code WACK! Are hospitals and health insurers incentivized to keep costs high? Are mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare sector helping - or hurting? How has the state of Maryland kept hospital costs in check – and how might other states do the same? To find out, we spoke with Richard Master, CEO of MCS Industries, founder of Business Leaders for Health Care Transformation and executive director of American Hospitals, the latest film in his documentary series. He's joined by Wendell Potter, a former health insurance industry communications executive, the New York Times best-selling author of Deadly Spin and president of Business Leaders for Health Care Transformation. This is the second episode in a two-part series about the film American Hospitals. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!
Get more LVwithLOVE Thank you to our Partners! WXPN Wind Creek Event Center Michael Bernadyn of RE/MAX Real Estate Molly's Irish Grille & Sports Pub VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/u7EvCxgoum8 American Hospitals is the fourth in a series of documentaries produced by the Unfinished Business Foundation, founded by Richard Master, CEO of MCS Industries Inc., who took a deep dive into the economics of the U.S. health-care system after his company was hit year after year with double-digit health insurance rate increases. Master teamed up with filmmaker Vincent Mondillo to produce Fix It: Healthcare at the Tipping Point; Big Pharma: Market Failure; Big Money Agenda: Democracy on the Brink, and now, American Hospitals. We speak with Richard and Vicent about what spurred them to make the films, the research behind the films, and how you can get more involved. Attend the Lehigh Valley premiere and discussion on April 24 at 7 p.m. at SteelStacks in Bethlehem by reserving your ticket. GUESTS Richard Masters & Vincent Mondillo: American Hospitals Links FixitHealthCare: Website
What led a CEO to produce a series of films to change America's healthcare system? What role do hospitals play in health care's astronomical pricing? And what options do we have to rein in costs and make hospital care affordable to everyone? To find out, we spoke with Richard Master, CEO of MCS Industries, founder of Business Leaders for Health Care Transformation and executive director of American Hospitals, the latest film in his documentary series. He's joined by Wendell Potter, a former health insurance industry communications executive, the New York Times best-selling author of Deadly Spin and president of Business Leaders for Health Care Transformation. This is the first episode in a two-part series about the film American Hospitals.
This time on Code WACK! What led a CEO to produce a series of films to change America's healthcare system? What role do hospitals play in health care's astronomical pricing? And what options do we have to rein in costs and make hospital care affordable to everyone? To find out, we spoke with Richard Master, CEO of MCS Industries, founder of Business Leaders for Health Care Transformation and executive director of American Hospitals, the latest film in his documentary series. He's joined by Wendell Potter, a former health insurance industry communications executive, the New York Times best-selling author of Deadly Spin and president of Business Leaders for Health Care Transformation. This is the first episode in a two-part series about the film American Hospitals.
This time on Code WACK! What led a CEO to produce a series of films to change America's healthcare system? What role do hospitals play in health care's astronomical pricing? And what options do we have to rein in costs and make hospital care affordable to everyone? To find out, we spoke with Richard Master, CEO of MCS Industries, founder of Business Leaders for Health Care Transformation and executive director of American Hospitals, Healing a Broken System, the latest film in his documentary series. He's joined by Wendell Potter, a former health insurance industry communications executive, the New York Times best-selling author of Deadly Spin and president of Business Leaders for Health Care Transformation. This is the first episode in a two-part series about the film American Hospitals. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!
Director Vincent Mondillo on his new film, which screens free Wednesday, March 29 7p at the E Street Theatre; click here for free tickets. Today's labor quote: Vincent Mondillo. Today's labor history: Martin Luther King, Jr., leads a march of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO #1u Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network.
Broadcast on March 23, 2023Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith As Americans pay astronomical health care costs, the new film “American Hospitals: Healing A Broken System” takes a provocative look at hospitals accruing wealth and evading scrutiny. We talk with director, co-producer and co-writer Vincent Mondillo. The film is set to premiere at E Street Cinema in Washington, DC on March 29th, 2023 (CLICK HERE for your free ticket!) and will subsequently open nationwide in over twenty cities, via the theatrical distributor 8 Above, including New York City, Boston, Chicago, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, and Los Angeles, followed by community screenings starting May 1. View the trailer here. Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella and Kahlia Chapman. @wpfwdc @aflcio #1u #unions #laborradiopod
If you've been listening for a while, you know that I do my best to cover all facets of Atlanta history and I'm also terrible at planning specific episodes to coincide with national events, holidays, etc. But I could not let Black History Month pass by without an episode about the city's Black history. This week, I am re-sharing my episode from June of 2019 about Atlanta's African American Hospitals. While the audio is certainly not the best of quality, this topic is still relevant and important and the buildings that I mentioned 4 years ago and are still standing today. Emory TedX https://linktr.ee/ArchiveAtlanta Want to support this podcast? Visit here Email: thevictorialemos@gmail.com Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
On today's episode of the Entrepreneur Evolution Podcast, we are joined by Richard Palarea. Richard Palarea is the CEO of Kermit, a Baltimore-based healthcare cost reduction and spend management company bringing automation and insight to the high-spend category of implantable medical devices within hospitals and health systems. Since its founding in 2011, Kermit has saved hospitals more than $200 million and manages 40% of the implantable device spend transacting in Maryland. Kermit has been recognized in multiple years as an Inc. 5000 company and by the Baltimore Business Journal as a Fast 50 company and a Top Software Company ranked by local revenue, as well as SmartCEO's Future 50. Kermit is the recipient of industry awards, including the Federation of American Hospitals' Heartbeat of Healthcare for its work as an innovative partner helping hospitals manage costs during a global pandemic. We would love to hear from you, and it would be awesome if you left us a 5-star review. Your feedback means the world to us, and we will be sure to send you a special thank you for your kind words. Don't forget to hit “subscribe” to automatically be notified when guest interviews and Express Tips drop every Tuesday and Friday. Interested in joining our monthly entrepreneur membership? Email Annette directly at yourock@ievolveconsulting.com to learn more. Ready to invest in yourself? Book your free session with Annette HERE. Keep evolving, entrepreneur. We are SO proud of you! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/annette-walter/support
In today's episode, we are interviewing Rich with Kermit! His software has helped save hospitals millions of dollars since 2011. We discuss the purpose of the software and why more hospitals should consider it! Richard Palarea is-the CEO of Kermit, a Baltimore-based healthcare cost reduction and spend management company bringing automation and insight to the high-spend category of implantable medical devices within hospitals and health systems. Since its founding in 2011, Kermit has saved hospitals more than $200 million and manages 40% of the implantable device spending transacting in Maryland. Kermit has been recognized in multiple years as an Inc. 5000 company and by the Baltimore Business Journal as a Fast 50 company and a Top Software Company ranked by local revenue, as well as SmartCEO's Future 50. Kermit is the recipient of industry awards, including the Federation of American Hospitals' Heartbeat of Healthcare for its work as an innovative partner helping hospitals manage costs during a global pandemic. Interested in learning more? Check out this link: https://www.kermitppi.com/walkinswelcome Have a question or a story we should feature as an episode? Email us at hello@patientcaremarketingpros.com Intro/Outro Music by Devin Smith https://open.spotify.com/artist/4UdQjNXnACFE2VpkEoP8v2?si=pDx5jsgtRFOtwrpMOKOkuQ Stay connected with Patient Care Marketing Pros! https://patientcaremarketingpros.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patientcaremarketingpros Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patientcaremarketingpros LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/patient-care-marketing-pros/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9nwkAwIyiVvsLTWGoeRbWA
It's the scandal inside the scandal, and we've got the scoop! Check out this episode of Health Tech Deals to learn more about Facebook, health data, and American Hospitals. Is someone stealing someone else's activity and not getting rewarded for it? What about HIPPAA violations? All these questions and more are answered, along with some new deals: Sana Health raises $60 million; Seasme raises $27 million; Bardavon Health Innovations buys Peerwell; AIdoc raises $110 million.
It's the scandal inside the scandal, and we've got the scoop! Check out this episode of Health Tech Deals to learn more about Facebook, health data, and American Hospitals. Is someone stealing someone else's activity and not getting rewarded for it? What about HIPPAA violations? All these questions and more are answered, along with some new deals: Sana Health raises $60 million; Seasme raises $27 million; Bardavon Health Innovations buys Peerwell; AIdoc raises $110 million.
March 9, 1938 - March 10, 2021 M. Keith Weikel, retired chief operating officer of Toledo-based HCR ManorCare, then the nation's largest operator of long-term care and nursing centers, who was hailed as an industry leader, died at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Jacksonville on March 10, the day after his 83rd birthday.He had myelodysplastic syndrome, a type of blood cancer. Even when ill, he kept in touch with friends and associates, a longstanding practice that included recent conversations with colleagues from the 1970s, when he worked in the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations, his wife, Barbara, said."There was no pretense about him at all," his wife said. "He wasn't reserved. He was who he was. He was approachable and comfortable with himself and other people. He made people comfortable to be around him. He had a very strong work ethic."He whistled down the halls of HCR headquarters, was given to spontaneous song, and once opened a leadership conference by reading from the children's book, Love You Forever."He cared," said David Parker, president of what is now ProMedica Senior Care. "And he found humor and he made bad situations better because we were all doing what we thought was the right thing, which was quality of care and caring for each other."That's how he wanted to be remembered, his wife said - "he really cared about people. He often said people don't care what you know until they know you care. It's important that people, particularly in the medical field, know that you care."Mr. Weikel was a senior executive vice president of HCR ManorCare, as well as chief operating officer, at his 2006 retirement. Afterward, he and his wife divided their years between homes in Sylvania Township and Georgia.In 1986, he joined Health Care and Retirement Corp., then a subsidiary of Owens-Illinois Inc., as executive vice president and general manager of its Midwest division. He became director of operations in 1991 and was elected a company director in 1992. He had been chief operating officer the previous two years of Manor Healthcare Corp., the long-term care unit of Manor Care Inc.The year Mr. Weikel retired, HCR had placed 565th on the Fortune 1,000 list. He oversaw the operations, including clinical and rehabilitation services, of more than 500 senior care locations with about 60,000 employees in 32 states, including 114 hospice and home care agencies and 91 outpatient rehabilitation clinics.Mr. Parker, in a message to employees announcing Mr. Weikel's death, said that the organization "evolved into the provider of choice in our markets across the country" under his leadership."He was the architect of our organization's culture as we know it today," Mr. Parker wrote.A March 12 article in McKnight's Long-Term Care News, an industry publication, detailed Mr. Weikel's diverse career and quoted Clif Porter II, senior vice president of government affairs for the American Health Care Association - whom Mr. Weikel had once hired as an administrator of a care facility. "Our sector has lost a titan," Mr. Porter told McKnight's.Mr. Parker, in a Blade interview later, concurred: "There's no doubt."He became not only my mentor but a surrogate father figure. He took a keen interest in me, as he did many others," said Mr. Parker, who as he sought a position with the firm interviewed with Mr. Weikel.Mr. Weikel advised the new hire that any conversation with a politician or government agency begins and ends by speaking about the quality of care.Malcolm Keith Weikel was born March 9, 1938, in Danville, Pa. to Marian and Malcolm Jay Weikel, the first of what would be the couple's two sons. He helped raise chickens and picked strawberries to supplement the family's meager income. He was a 1956 graduate of Shamokin High School."His mother very much wanted her boys to have a college education. That was in the plan," his wife said. "She sacrificed, and they all worked very hard."He continued to work multiple jobs as he attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, from which he received a bachelor's degree in 1960. A plan for a graduate degree in pharmacy evolved into a master's degree and a doctorate in economics and marketing in 1966 from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, school of business. He later served on the business school's board, and donations to the school helped create a distinguished chair and a speaker series, both in leadership and named for him.He started his career at the pharmaceutical firm Hoffman-La Roche. He had an abiding interest in politics, from his role in 1967 as co-chair of New Jersey Republicans supporting the presidential bid of Richard Nixon, who the next year would win the GOP nomination and then the presidency. In 2004, he received notice as a fund-raiser for the successful re-election of President George W. Bush, dubbed a "Ranger" by the campaign and credited with raising more than $200,000 in individual contributions.From 1970-77, he served in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and became commissioner of the medical services administration, with Medicaid oversight, a duty that often involved testimony before congressional committees.Afterward, he worked for a subsidiary of the hospital company American Medical International and became president of the Federation of American Hospitals.He'd been active at Epworth United Methodist Church in Ottawa Hills and had been co-chairman of capital fund drives, his wife said.Surviving are his wife, the former Barbara Joan Davis, whom he married Dec. 17, 1960; son, Richard Keith Weikel; daughter, Kristin Holly Weikel; brother, Allen Jay Weikel, and two grandchildren.The family plans a celebration of his life in Toledo later this year. Arrangements are by Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home, Brunswick, Ga.The family suggests tributes to Hand in Hand of Glynn in Brunswick, Ga., or a charity of the donor's choice.
The onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we see the healthcare system. It's understandable to start to lose confidence in it. Especially in this day and age where social media and disinformation are prevalent, we forget its contributions, including the drugs and medicine that have helped us live better and longer lives. In this episode, Ben Breier, equipped with years of experience in the healthcare sector, shares the latest developments in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. He gives us an insider perspective on telemedicine and how it can improve our relationship with healthcare. Ben also discusses his takes on making intentional disruptions, as well as leadership and collaboration as a veteran in the healthcare sector. If you want to hear the ins and outs of the healthcare sector, then this episode is for you! ResourcesBen Breier's https://benbreier.com/about/ (website) Get https://benbreier.com/book/ (Intentional Disruption ) Connect with Ben on https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-breier-b2b5546a/ (LinkedIn) 3 Reasons to Listen:Take a look into the current state of the healthcare industry. Regain confidence in the healthcare sector, especially during the COVID pandemic. Learn how to handle stress both individually and as a corporate leader. About BenjaminBenjamin Breier is the former CEO and Board of Directors member of Kindred Healthcare, where he served from March 2015 to December 2021. He is also a member of the Board for the Federation of American Hospitals, the Wall Street Journal CEO Council, and the Louisville Healthcare CEO Council. Ben is the author of https://benbreier.com/book/ (Intentional Disruption). He's built on decades of experience at nearly every industry level and distilled what he's learned into lessons that leaders — regardless of industry — can reference to make intentional disruptions by being prepared, intentional, and fearless. Episode Highlights[01:52] Introducing Benjamin BrierBen Brier is a health executive and the former CEO of Kindred Healthcare, where he served for nine years. He describes himself as a blue-collar operator of businesses who has worked his way to becoming the CEO of a publicly-traded Fortune 500 company. He specializes in managing companies with “large geographic disbursement of lots of different service sites.” He left Kindred Healthcare after it was sold to another strategic healthcare company in Nashville. Ben authored Intentional Disruption, a book on leadership lessons in healthcare, business, and beyond. [10:35] The COVID Pandemic and Working From Home Ben sees the pandemic as an opportunity to get himself off the road. Since the pandemic started, Ben has started to take more care of his physical and mental health. He follows a structured morning schedule with a workout regimen, meditation sessions, a good breakfast, and reading time. [11:12] The State of the Healthcare IndustryHealthcare is a very, very complex industry. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed significant issues in our healthcare system, especially in terms of socio-economic disparities. The elderly — our parents and grandparents — are the primary benefactors of our healthcare system. This raises several questions for the industry such as “Where will the money come from?”, “Who pays for it?”, and “How and how much do you get?” [13:47] “Healthcare is a very, very complex industry. It is not easily understood by most who utilize it, by most who provide care in it, and by most who pay for that care.” - https://ctt.ec/eyfhk (Click Here to Tweet This) [18:16] The Role of the Pharmaceutical IndustryThe pharmaceutical industry has become both a blessing and a curse within the healthcare system. Many great things have come from research and development, and the deployment of drugs and medicine in the country has helped people live better and longer lives. On the other hand, these companies have
One implication of the current pandemic is that many elective surgeries were delayed or postponed amidst global uncertainty. As the healthcare ecosystem continues to adjust to these uncertainties and evolve, it's important to examine existing and emerging technologies that are helping to create efficiencies within the industry. Today's episode focuses on demystifying the implantable medical device journey for healthcare systems and practitioners as well as discussing the future of connected devices in the space. This episode's guest is Richard Palarea, the CEO of Kermit, a Baltimore-based healthcare cost reduction and spend management company bringing automation and insight to the high-spend category of implantable medical devices within hospitals and health systems. Since its foundation in 2011, Kermit has saved hospitals more than $200 million and manages 40% of the implantable device spend transacting in Maryland. Kermit has been recognized in multiple years as an Inc. 5000 company and by the Baltimore Business Journal as a Fast 50 company and a Top Software Company ranked by local revenue, as well as SmartCEO's Future 50. Kermit is the recipient of industry awards, including the Federation of American Hospitals' Heartbeat of Healthcare for its work as an innovative partner helping hospitals manage costs during a global pandemic. For more details visit TechLink Health @ https://www.techlink.health or connect with Rich @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rpalarea/. This episode was hosted by Margarita Khosh. If you're a healthcare practitioner or thought leader and interested in leveraging the TechLink Health platform for telehealth, e-consults, or advisory services, feel free to connect with us by visiting our site or downloading the TechLink Health app. iOS - https://apps.apple.com/app/techlink-health/id1492325493 Google Play - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=millennialtech.techlinkhealth
Richard Palarea is the CEO of Kermit, a Baltimore-based healthcare cost reduction and spend management company bringing automation and insight to the high spend category of implantable medical devices within hospitals and health systems. Since it's founding in 2011, Kermit has saved hospitals more than 200 million dollars and manages 40% of the implantable device spend transacting in Maryland.Kermit has been recognized in multiple years as an Inc. 5000 company and by the Baltimore Business Journal as a Fast 50 company and a TOP Software Company ranked by local revenue, as well as SmartCEO's Future 50.Kermit is the recipient of industry awards, including the Federation of American Hospitals' Heartbeat of Healthcare for its work as an innovative partner helping hospitals manage costs during a global pandemic.Learn More About Kermit
While the death cult of the Left began with aborting unborn babies, it has now moved on to killing adults who they believe unworthy of life. Today, we are joined by Scott Schara, who lost his 19-year-old daughter Grace to what can only be described as premeditated murder in a Wisconsin hospital. He discusses how his daughter only had moderate COVID but was given a concoction of opioids, sedatives, and anti-anxiety medicines for no reason – all in a time frame that can kill anyone. His story is a glimpse into what likely occurred with thousands of COVID patients and is now occurring with other patients. Scott also believes the fact that his daughter had Down syndrome played a significant role in the hospital's decision to mark her for death. You can find more about her story at OurAmazingGrace.net. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We must face the reality that our hospitals have become cruel killing camps, and it's not just with COVID. We are joined today by Nicole Sirotek, founder of American Frontline Nurses, a new patient advocacy group. She tells horror stories of people injured by the clot shots being denied heart transplants for not getting boosters. Also, there is so much malcare, starvation, medical kidnapping, and discrimination. People are being denied entry into medical health facilities for not getting the shots. Nurse Nicole paints a clear picture of how the medical system has become like this and how we need to break away from it and create and new model. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"An apple a day keeps the Dr. away" is past it's prime as sage medical wisdom. Our modern world is much more complex with COVID tracking metrics for every city across the globe, spike protein vaccines and boosters, and a whole array of support and skepticism on how best to stay healthy. Today's guest spent his life taking care of patients. A personal tragedy fueled him with a message and a passion to educate people about the inherent dangers in hospitals as a result of protocols and approved drugs that are known to kill people. Ultimately, his message is on that draws us back to a place of trust in God that he did not make mistakes when he created the human body with an incredible natural immune system. In this episode, you'll hear... -How bad hospital protocols led to the death of Dr. Ardis's father-in-law...04:30 -Hospital treatments and medicines can cause serious damage while claiming to help...07:15 -A mission to discover why more Americans die in hospitals than anywhere else in the world...09:45 -The one drug used to treat COVID in US hospitals and it's scary history...12:20 -Rigid hospital rules prevent doctors from using other treatments...18:00 -God created the human body on the sixth day; his finest creation...23:20 -128 studies currently show natural immunity is more effective than vaccines...25:00 -Dr. Ardis's recipe for the Disease Prevention Cocktail...26:20 -The well-hidden immune suppressing risks of prednisone...29:50 -How surprisingly common parasites are in human bodies...32:50 -Parasites come out of a body in four ways (Get ready for gross!)...39:00 -Dr. Ardis's best advice: Don't give up....44:30 -We are made to be healthy, happy, and whole...51:30 -Always trust what God created more than what man created...52:30 Resources mentioned in this episode: Dr. Ardis's website Parasite Test Company (Promo code Ardis7! gets you a discount!) To learn more and for free resources go to www.wendiepett.com. If you haven't listened to the Introduction and the first 5 episodes of the Visibly Fit Podcast, make sure you do! You will be encouraged that becoming Visibly Fit is actually within REACH. You can download the worksheets at www.wendipett.com/visiblyfitpodcast
Curses of Modern Medicine (Audio) David Eells - 12/15/21 NIH and Fauci Hospital Protocols are Killing Covid -19 Patients (Video) COVID-19 is NOT a “Pandemic of the Unvaccinated.” The most appropriate term is “Pandemic of Medical Malpractice.” Hospital protocols, and not COVID-19, have accounted for a significant portion of deaths. One of the biggest culprits is the drug Remdesivir. The antiviral drug manufactured by Gilead Sciences has remained a central component of the standard hospital protocol for COVID-19 patients. But the toxic drug is responsible for catastrophic side effects like multi-organ-dysfunction syndrome and kidney failure. None other than Anthony ‘Fraudci' and his NIH cronies were behind pushing the dangerous drug for COVID-19 patients. Remdesivir Background To understand the severity of this scandal, let's briefly review some background of how Remdesivir came into use for COVID-19. Remdesivir is a nucleotide analogue prodrug originally developed for the treatment of Ebola virus. A New England Journal of Medicine study claimed that a single United States COVID-19 patient showed improvement after taking Remdesivir. Coincidentally, the Wuhan Institute of Virology sought a patent for the use of Remdesivir. But at the height of COVID-19, the NIH picked Remdesivir as the gold standard treatment for COVID-19. Anthony Fraudci cited the drug's effectiveness against Ebola as the reasoning for its use against this novel coronavirus. Fraudci used this New England Journal of Medicine study to back his claims. A closer look at this study below: Remdesivir was pulled from the study due to 53.1% of recipients dying from the drug. Who supported that study? The NIH & NIAID. Another New England Journal of Medicine study Fraudci used to push Remdesivir as a COVID-19 treatment analyzed 53 patients from the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan. This is what the study found: Seven of the 53 patients (13%) died after the completion of Remdesivir treatment, including 6 of 34 patients (18%) who were receiving invasive ventilation and 1 of 19 (5%) who were receiving noninvasive oxygen support ... The median interval between remdesivir initiation and death was 15 days (interquartile range, 9 to 17). A total of 32 patients (60%) reported adverse events during follow-up. The most common adverse events were increased hepatic enzymes, diarrhea, rash, renal impairment, and hypotension. In general, adverse events were more common in patients receiving invasive ventilation. A total of 12 patients (23%) had serious adverse events. The most common serious adverse events — multiple-organ-dysfunction syndrome, septic shock, acute kidney injury, and hypotension — were reported in patients who were receiving invasive ventilation at baseline. Despite these alarming studies, Remdesivir was pushed on the general public as the standard hospital protocol for COVID-19 patients. Cheap, off-label drugs like Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and Ivermectin were targeted in a vicious smear campaign. The patents for HCQ and Ivermectin expired decades ago, meaning they don't line the pockets of pharmaceutical companies and hospital executives. The toxicity and catastrophic kidney damage caused by Remdesivir provided the ultimate setup to blame deaths caused by the drug on COVID-19 and the federal health agencies made a fortune buying the stock of Remdesivir, an experimental drug at the time. The Blaze highlighted how Remdesivir is the greatest scandal of the “pandemic:” ... why would we run the risk of spending $3,000 a person on a therapeutic that doesn't work anyway if it may create immune escape? Which raises the question: Why are we not treating everyone early with therapeutics like Regeneron, ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, and other proven safe, cheap, and effective drugs that don't case renal failure like remdesivir and don't run the risk of inducing mutations? This is particularly important for those who are immunocompromised. The last thing people who already have fragile organs should be taking is remdesivir. In many respects the fact that remdesivir was ever approved and is still the only standard of care, as it kills patients and lines the pockets of both hospitals and the maker, Gilead, is possibly the worst scandal of this entire ordeal. On Feb. 5, Reuters reported that none other than the Wuhan Institute of Virology of the China Academy of Sciences sought a patent on Gilead's remdesivir, a failed drug repurposed from treatment of Ebola, based on the alleged improvement of a single individual COVID patient reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. Incidentally, the only drug ever approved for COVID was developed by Dr. Ralph Baric's lab at UNC Chapel Hill, the same lab that applied for the coronavirus spike protein gain-of-function research and is suspected by many to be behind the creation of this virus. Minnesota Doctor Blasts ‘Ridiculous' CDC Coronavirus Death Count Guidelines (VIDEO) Fox News - 4/9/20 Dr. Scott Jensen, a Minnesota family physician who is also a Republican state senator, told "The Ingraham Angle" Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) guidelines for doctors to certify whether a patient has died of coronavirus are "ridiculous" and could be misleading the public. Host Laura Ingraham read Jensen the guidelines, which say: "In cases where a definite diagnosis of COVID cannot be made but is suspected or likely (e.g. the circumstances are compelling with a reasonable degree of certainty) it is acceptable to report COVID-19 on a death certificate as 'probable' or 'presumed.'” In response, Jensen told Ingraham the CDC's death certificate manual tells physicians to focus on "precision and specificity," but the coronavirus death certification guidance runs completely counter to that axiom. "The idea that we are going to allow people to massage and sort of game the numbers is a real issue because we are going to undermine the [public] trust," he said. "And right now as we see politicians doing things that aren't necessarily motivated on fact and science, their trust in politicians is already wearing thin." Jensen gave a hypothetical example of a patient who died while suffering from influenza. If the patient was elderly and had symptoms like fever and cough a few days before passing away, the doctor explained, he would have listed "respiratory arrest" as the primary cause of death. "I've never been encouraged to [notate 'influenza']," he said. "I would probably write 'respiratory arrest' to be the top line, and the underlying cause of this disease would be pneumonia ... I might well put emphysema or congestive heart failure, but I would never put influenza down as the underlying cause of death and yet that's what we are being asked to do here." Jensen then told Ingraham that under the CDC guidelines, a patient who died after being hit by a bus and tested positive for coronavirus would be listed as having presumed to have died from the virus regardless of whatever damage was caused by the bus. "That doesn't make any sense," he said. Jensen also reacted to Dr. Anthony Fauci's response to a question about the potential for the number of coronavirus deaths being "padded," in which the NIAID director described the prevalance of "conspiracy theories" during "challenging" times in public health. "I would remind him that anytime health care intersects with dollars it gets awkward," Jensen said. "Right now Medicare has determined that if you have a COVID-19 admission to the hospital you'll get paid $13,000. If that COVID-19 patient goes on a ventilator, you get $39,000; three times as much. Nobody can tell me, after 35 years in the world of medicine, that sometimes those kinds of things [have] impact on what we do. "Some physicians really have a bent towards public health and they will put down influenza or whatever because that's their preference," Jensen added. "I try to stay very specific, very precise. If I know I've got pneumonia, that's what's going on the death certificate. I'm not going to add stuff just because it's convenient.” Past Statistics: Deaths by medical mistakes hit records HealthcareITNews - By Erin McCann - 7/18/14 Update: Since this article below was written, accidental medical deaths have reached 440,000 a year: In July of 2014 senate hearing exposed 400,000 people each year die of medical mistakes, over a thousand a day. This is the third largest killer in U.S. Between 210,000 and 440,000 patients each year who go to the hospital for care suffer some type of preventable harm that contributes to their death. How Many Die From Medical Mistakes in U.S. Hospitals? Keep this in mind as you read the article below. All the percentages of danger below have risen dramatically. "Witchcraft" or "sorcery" in the New Testament is from the Greek word "pharmakeia"; English "pharmacy" - Healing through the use of drugs. [See etymonline.com and dictionary.com.] Of Babylon it was said: (Rev.18:23)... for with thy sorcery were all the nations deceived. It's a chilling reality – one often overlooked in annual mortality statistics: Preventable medical errors persist as the No. 3 killer in the U.S. – third only to heart disease and cancer – claiming the lives of some 400,000 people each year. At a Senate hearing Thursday, patient safety officials put their best ideas forward on how to solve the crisis, with IT often at the center of discussions. Hearing members, who spoke before the Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, not only underscored the devastating loss of human life – more than 1,000 people each day – but also called attention to the fact that these medical errors cost the nation a colossal $1 trillion each year. "The tragedy that we're talking about here (is) deaths taking place that should not be taking place," said subcommittee Chair Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in his opening remarks. [See also: EHR adverse events data cause for alarm.] Among those speaking was Ashish Jha, MD, professor of health policy and management at Harvard School of Public Health, who referenced the Institute of Medicine's 1999 report To Err is Human, which estimated some 100,000 Americans die each year from preventable adverse events. “When they first came out with that number, it was so staggeringly large, that most people were wondering, 'could that possibly be right?'" said Jha. Some 15 years later, the evidence is glaring. "The IOM probably got it wrong," he said. "It was clearly an underestimate of the toll of human suffering that goes on from preventable medical errors." It's not just the 1,000 deaths per day that should be huge cause for alarm, noted Joanne Disch, RN, clinical professor at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, who also spoke before Congress. There's also the 10,000 serious complications cases resulting from medical errors that occur each day. Disch cited the case of a Minnesota patient who underwent a bilateral mastectomy for cancer, only to find out post surgery a mix-up with the biopsy reports had occurred, and she had not actually had cancer... "Why is it when a death happens one at time, silently, it warrants less attention than when deaths happen in groups of five or 10?" he asked. "What these numbers say is that every day, a 747, two of them are crashing. Every two months, 9-11 is occurring…we would not tolerate that degree of preventable harm in any other forum.” In the hearing's closing questions, when Sanders inquired as to why this crisis was not constantly splashed across front page news, he was met with this: "When people go to the hospital, they are sick. It is very easy to confuse the fact that somebody might have died because of a fatal consequence of their disease, versus they died from a complication from a medical error," Jha said. "It has taken a lot to prove to all of us that many of these deaths are not a natural consequence of the underlying disease. They are purely failures of the system. Journal of The American Medical Association declared there was 450,000 deaths a year from iatropic causes. Iatropic means doctor related causes. This is from years ago. So what is it now after 750,000 people have died in the US for the same reason. But as we're going to see, it's a lot worse than this. Recent: 40+ Jaw Dropping Medical Malpractice Statistics Etactics: By Butterfly Meltzer - 7/29/21 Medical malpractice happens more often than most might think and when it does, it's not a “cried wolf” scenario. Doctors do make mistakes, but sometimes the actions classified as malpractice are intentionally taken. Naive, inexperienced, and/or simply bad physicians, unfortunately, exist in all fields of medicine. Whether they're a surgeon, psychologist, primary care physician, or therapist, malpractice can occur across any specialist role. The result can lead to permanent injury and even death. The consequences can be severe and victims often have no choice but to take legal action. Here are over 40 statistics about medical malpractice: General Malpractice Malpractice can occur in many forms across different segments of the healthcare industry. To get a true understanding though, you need to look at healthcare as a whole. You should probably start with the reputation of the doctor in question. Maybe previous patients have sued that doctor in the past. Maybe they have a high rate of misdiagnosis or other medical errors. From nursing homes to outpatient therapy, billing errors to misprescribing, malpractice can happen anywhere. The average person who files medical malpractice claims is 42 years old. (University of California) 10% of all U.S. deaths are now due to medical error. (Johns Hopkins) 99% of physicians face at least one lawsuit by age 65. (New England Journal of Medicine) New York had the highest amount of medical malpractice in the US (16,688 reports) from 2009 to 2018. (NPDB) North Dakota had the lowest amount of medical malpractice in the US. (126 reports) (NPDB) 37% of malpractice claims reviewed resulted in payments (The Doctors Company) It's estimated that 7,000 to 9,000 patients die every year from medication errors. (My Medical Score) 5-10% of all physicians have had sexual contact with patients. (American Medical Association) Medical Overuse Many people agree that doctors tend to overprescribe medicines. There have been countless stories that link the opioid pandemic to overprescribing. Patients are often given too much medicine that ends up doing more harm than good. As a result, the overuse of medical practices can lead to medical malpractice. If a patient receives tests, treatment, and medication that they don't need, the patient will most likely have unnecessary expenses. 15-30% of 2000 physicians surveyed in a study believe most medical care is not needed. (Johns Hopkins) 22% of prescription medications are unnecessary 24.9% of medical tests do not need to happen 11.1% of procedures do not need to take place 30% of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary. (CDC) 20% to 50% of antibiotics prescribed in US acute-care hospitals are unnecessary or inappropriate. (CDC) 27% of doctors say that patients receive antibiotics when drugs won't help. (WebMD) Medical Misdiagnosis So maybe you have certain symptoms that are easily confused between those of several different issues. As a result, your doctor misdiagnoses you and gives you medicine that you don't actually need. But does that count as medical malpractice? As with most situations in healthcare, it depends. Misdiagnosis can lead to surgeries you don't need, medicines that negatively affect your health, and treatment that can lead to permanent damage. In severe cases, medical malpractice that involves misdiagnoses can lead to death. Roughly 12,000,000 American misdiagnoses happen each year (My Medical Score) Over more than 100,000 Americans die or are permanently disabled each year due to medical diagnoses that initially miss conditions or are wrong or delayed. (Johns Hopkins) Nearly ¾ of all serious harms from diagnostic errors occur around vascular events, infections and cancers. (Johns Hopkins) 37.8% are cancers 22.8% are vascular events 13.5% are infections 21% of patients receive an outright wrong diagnosis on their first visit to a doctor. (Mayo Clinic) 66% of patients get a diagnosis that may be on the right track but isn't quite accurate or complete. (Mayo Clinic) 12% of all patients who seek second opinions end up with the same diagnosis they started with. (Mayo Clinic) 22% of malpractice claims filed by hospitalized patients were diagnosis-related. (University of Michigan) 38% of malpractice claims against physicians involving the treatment of children involved a misdiagnosis. (The Doctors Company) Around 5% of outpatients receive misdiagnosis. (BMJ Journal) Surgical Malpractice Any kind of surgery can be terrifying. That's why you should always ask questions before giving consent for surgery. When medical malpractice happens during surgery, feelings of confusion overwhelm patients. They may feel that their doctors abused their trust. Not to mention they could also be in serious pain if something during the operation went wrong. From the patient perspective, they should arm themselves with knowledge in case something goes wrong. 85% of surgeons are likely to get into a lawsuit (The High Court) About 16.7% of 2000 physicians surveyed said that they performed unnecessary procedures for profit (John Hopkins) A little more than 4,000 surgical errors occur each year (My Medical Score) 39 surgeries per week end up with a surgical tool, like a sponge, left inside patients 20 operations per week occur on the wrong body part 20 wrong surgical procedures occur on a patient per week 59% of surgical errors only resulted in temporary injuries (My Medical Score) 40% of surgical errors resulted in permanent injuries or death (My Medical Score) Mental Health Malpractice There are many myths surrounding mental health but medical malpractice isn't one of them. Surgery usually can't fix mental health issues. Diagnosis can really only occur through the evaluation of symptoms, and many mental health issues have similar symptoms. This is especially true for children. If doctors overprescribe opioids and antibiotics, it's safe to say that that carries into mental health. Doctors also prescribe medicines that don't actually help the illness, so naturally, this can happen in the mental health world as well. 41% of US psychiatrists faced a malpractice lawsuit at least once (Medscape) ⅓ of psychiatrists managing their legal risk between 2015 and 2016 had claims involving incorrect treatment. (Sommers Schwartz) 20% were for medication issues 15% involved suicides or suicide attempts 6% percent were for misdiagnosis. More than 60% of people who receive a diagnosis of major depression don't actually have it (Johns Hopkins) Of 706 people surveyed, only 15% received a prompt diagnosis, while 85% experienced diagnostic delay (Bridges to Recovery) Among the 85% delayed, 71% said that their symptoms had become worse as a result of receiving inappropriate treatment 47.3% of 50,000 patients were correctly identified with depression by general practitioners (Bridges to Recovery) A 2008 study found that 57% of adults diagnosed with bipolar disorder did not meet diagnostic criteria upon more comprehensive diagnostic review. (Brown University School of Medicine) According to the table of Iatrogenic Deaths In The United States linked here , We could have an even higher death rate by using Dr. Lucien Leape's 1997 medical and drug error rate of 3 million. (14) Multiplied by the fatality rate of 14% (that Leape used in 1994 (16) we arrive at an annual death rate of 420,000 for drug errors and medical errors combined. If we put this number in place of Lazorou's 106,000 drug errors and the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) 98,000 medical errors, we could add another 216,000 deaths making a total of 999,936 deaths annually. CDC - Iatrogenic Deaths “Disappeared" in 2020, COVID-19 Took Their Place For decades up until 2020 CDC annual reports listed medical error (iatrogenic) deaths as the third-leading cause of death in the US. The only change in that annual "ranking" of deaths was in the last 5 years cancer sometimes overtaking heart disease as a leading cause of death in the US and most other Western ("developed") countries. Now, the latest CDC report has completely removed the iatrogenic category and COVID-19 deaths have taken that third place. If the CDC had simply moved the iatrogenic deaths up or down the list, it would have been at least a debatable issue. However, the complete disappearance of medical error deaths exposes directly the fraud. Iatrogenic deaths can't just vanish in a single year. In fact, if the hospitals were full to brim with patients in 2020 then iatrogenic deaths would be much higher than prior years. Btw, the "unintentional injury" category on 4th place covers "life accidents". They are counted separately from iatrogenic deaths, so one cannot argue that iatrogenic deaths moved to 4th place. Unless I am missing something, this may be the most direct admission yet by the powers that be that the COVID-19 death numbers are completely fake. Either no COVID-19 deaths occurred in 2020 or all of them were iatrogenic in nature so one can swap the names on 3rd place. So, either we have a blatant, public, demonstrable and irrefutable lie or public admission by CDC of genocidal medical interventions for all COVID-19 patients who died in hospitals in 2020. Attorney Thomas Renz – All New Whistleblower Information Rumble — Attorney Thomas Renz Releases Stunning Data from Never Before Seen Vaccine Injury/Death Tracking System Thanks to a Whistleblower that came forth to Attorney Thomas Renz, the public is now seeing, for the first time ever, hard data from the largest database available in the U.S. to study the COVID-19 impact including deaths & injuries; The CMS Medicare Tracking System. During an extraordinary speech at Clay Clark's ReAwaken America Tour, Attorney Thomas Renz shocked the crowd of thousands in attendance and millions watching via livestream as he revealed: That data from the Medicare Tracking System reveals that 19,400 people less than 80 years old have died within 14 days of receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine. In addition, 28,065 people have died that are over the age of 80 within 14 days of receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. The Total number of American Citizens that died within 14 days of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine is 48,465 according to hard data revealed in the Medicare Tracking System. In July attorney Renz's whistleblower, under penalty of perjury, stated that she estimated at least 45K people had died from the Covid-19 Vaccine. USA Today Fact Checkers and other fact checking services claimed that to be “mis-information.” Today's revelations solidify that the “Trusted News Initiative” is actually the source of mis-information and propaganda, and that Attorney Thomas Renz's whistleblower was correct all along. After proving that over 45K people have died from the COVID-19 vaccine, Attorney Renz then moved his attention to focus on the amount of people that are being killed in American hospitals by Dr. Anthony Fauci's instituted protocol of Remdesivir. Attorney Renz is also in possession of Remdesivir death data from the Medicare Tracking System that has been withheld by the government from our citizens. The Remdesivir data reveals of the 7,960 beneficiaries prescribed Remdesivir for Covid-19, 2,058 died. That is 25.9%. 46% of people died within 14 days of the Remdesivir Treatment. The Remdesivir Treatment was established in U.S. Hospitals at the direction of Dr. Anthony Fauci. Serious adverse events were reported in 131 of the 532 patients who received Remdesivir. That is 24.6%. Attorney Renz says ” This begs the question… Why is this the protocol in American Hospitals? Does this appear “Safe and Effective” to you?” RENZ's NURSE WHISTLEBLOWERS REVEAL TWO TIER SYSTEM OF CARE DEPENDING ON YOUR VACCINE STATUS During Attorney Thomas Renz speech at Clay Clark's ReAwaken America Tour in Colorado Springs, Colorado Renz also talked about 2 Whistleblower nurses that revealed to him that they have seen a 2 tier system of health care depending on the patients “vaccination status.” “The nurses revealed to me that patients that are vaccinated are getting Ivermectin, which is proven to heal people. But if you are unvaccinated, they put you on Remdesivir in the hopes that you will die” said Attorney Thomas Renz. THE FDA IS TRACKING VACCINE DEATHS, ALL THE WHILE CLAIMING THE COVID VACCINE IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE Also during Attorney Renz' speech he revealed that the FDA is actively working with CMS real-time data ( CMS Medicare database ) to gather weekly reports on Covid-19 adverse events, despite the fact that the US population is told repeatedly this vaccine is “safe and effective.” Attorney Renz says “This information has never been given to the public, and you will see why they have kept it hidden and never published. It's very damning, and this data reveals that the FDA knew what was coming, let it happen, and thousands and thousands have died or been injured.” During his speech Renz revealed in one state alone ( New York ) that the amount of people who experienced adverse events after the Covid shot were in the thousands. Adverse events experienced by people who got the Covid-19 shot in New York State included thousands of cardiovascular events, thousands of cases of people getting Covid, and thousands of deaths. At least 13 side effects are reported in the system. “Remember, these are “side effects” that the government, media, and social media continue to tell the public that are not happening. The mantra of “safe and effective” must stop after today's information” says Attorney Renz. A copy of Attorney Renz entire speech along with data from the hidden vaccine tracking system will be posted on his website at www.Renz-Law.com Proof That They Knew! Renz said, Our data comes from a whistleblower with access to CMS data. CMS data includes billing, prescribing, treatment, and all other information related to beneficiary treatment – that is how the government knows how much money to send healthcare providers. This info was all recognized by the US Department of Defense in the presentation we found and reposted on www.renz-law.com Our whistleblowers have searched this data to provide these numbers. This data is being hidden from be public but would be easily searchable for government analysts using the same searches we did. Our question – why aren't our elected officials and bureaucrats searching for this information and sharing it? Percentage of Americans covered by Medicare in 2019: 18.1% 59.4 Million People. 18% of 330 Million is: 59,400,000 Total Medicare Budget: $899 Billion (2020) Largest data base available in the U.S. to study COVID-19 trends. It includes all claims: vaccine dates, treatment dates, death dates, adverse events, hospitalizations. It is not self-reporting like VAERS. As you can see in the information that was excerpted from a presentation by the FDA, they are tracking the data we are presenting here. In other words they know or should know this info. The number of CMS beneficiaries who died within 14 days* of a COVID-19 vaccine are: Under 80 years old - 19,400 + Over 80 year old - 28,065 = 47,465 (*within 14 days of 1st or 2nd dose, whichever difference was lower PER THE CDC – YOU ARE NOT CONSIDERED VACCINATED UNTIL TWO WEEKS AFTER YOUR SECOND SHOT OR FIRST SHOT OF JANSEN SO THESE DEATHS DO NOT COUNT ‐ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019‐ncov/vaccines/fully‐vaccinated.html) The FDA planned (all along) to monitor CMS data for side effects in nearly real time to watch for the safety of the COVID vaccines: See all the adverse events including deaths from 9 different states in the latter half of this PDF: COVID Vaccine Cover Up PDF – Renz Law and COVID Pfizer Whistleblower Data – Renz Law Dr. David Martin Explains 7 Felonies that Could Prosecute Dr. Fauci/ Felony Crimes End Big Pharma Immunity from Lawsuits Dr. David Martin has been spending the past year and a half fighting to unravel what he says is the global criminal conspiracy of coronavirus. Parties include the American and Chinese governments, the International Monetary Fund, and Blackrock. Martin says these groups are guilty of criminal conspiracy in a terrorist plot against the American people. A brand new VAERS data analysis from 11/16/21 found hundreds of serious adverse events that were completely missed by the CDC that should have been mentioned in the informed consent document that is given to patients. VAERS Analysis: Over 150,000 Americans killed by covid vaccines The first half of this link below shows the hospitals are the killing fields following DS protocols. This is not for Christians who believe the Word but for those who dont. As you know we need to trust the Word. It is more dangerous for us, as believers and followers of Christ to "trust in the arm of flesh". Now you know why. Dr. Bryan Ardis - TheRevealReport - Emergency Broadcast - Oct 12 2021 Roots of Modern Medicine David Eells The Physicians' Original Hippocratic Oath: I swear by Apollo the Physician, and Asklepios and Hygieia, (We will discuss these three god's and godess as we go on.) and all the Gods and Goddesses that, according to my ability and judgment, I will keep this oath and this syngraphe ('contract'): to consider him who taught me this Art as dear to me as my parent, to share my substance with him, and to relieve his necessities if required; to look upon his offspring as equivalent to my own brothers, and to teach them this Art, if they wish to learn it, without fee or stipulation; and that by precept, lecture, and every other form of instruction, I will impart a knowledge of the Art to my own sons, and those of my teachers, and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath according to the law of medicine, but to none others. I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients and abstain from whatever is harmful and mischievous. I will give no deadly medicine to anyone if asked, nor suggest any such advice; likewise, I will not give a pessary to a woman to induce abortion. I will live my life and practice my art with purity and holiness. I will not cut persons suffering from 'the stone', but will leave this to be done by men who are practitioners of this skill. Whatever houses I enter, I will enter for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption, and especially from the seduction of females or males, of free persons or slaves. Whatever I see or hear in connection with my professional practice or not in the life of men, which should not be made public, I will not divulge, considering that all such knowledge should remain secret. As long as I continue to keep this Oath inviolate, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the Art, respected by all men, at all times. But if I should trespass and violate this Oath, may the opposite be my lot. www.csun.edu Apollo in Greek Mythology Apollo is in many respects the paradigm of a Greek god. He represents order, harmony, and civilization in a way that most other Olympian deities cannot quite equal. One only has to compare him with Dionysos to understand how Apollo is depicted as a bright, rational counterpart to the chaotic and frenzied god of wine and women. Indeed, Apollo is most often associated with the cultivated arts of music and medicine, and his role as the leader of the Muses establishes him as a patron of intellectual pursuits. Pronunciation - {a-pol'-lo} Etymology - "Destroy or excite" Other names - Apollon (EDITOR'S NOTE: The angel of the abyss is Apollyon, meaning destroyer.) (EDITOR'S NOTE: Witchcraft or Sorcery in the New Testament is from the Greek word Pharmakia; English Pharmacy; Healing through the use of drugs. Of Babylon it was said, (Rev.18:23)... for with thy sorcery were all the nations deceived.) In Greek mythology, Asklepios (Asclepius) was the god of healing. He was the son of the Olympian god Apollo and a mortal woman named Coronis. Asklepios (Roman Aesculapius) The Hesiod places Aesculapius' origin in Thessaly where he lived in a subterranean cleft with both a serpent and a hound as companions. Born of the god Apollo and the mortal woman Coronis (a "former" virgin of the Lapithae), Aesculapius was raised by the centaur Chiron, from whom he learned the art of healing and became a physician. (EDITOR'S NOTE: This healer God is an imitation of Jesus. This god is supposedly born of an earthly mother and a god (Son of God) he supposedly raised the dead etc. The physicians symbol, the serpent on a rod, was an imitation of Moses serpent that was lifted up in the wilderness, which pointed to Christ the healer. This god is clearly a false Christ.) According to Greek legend, patients seeking healing would sleep the night in the temple of Aesculapius. During the night, Aesculapius would appear to the patient in a dream, accompanied by his daughter, the goddess Hygieia, and by a serpent who followed Aesculapius wherever he went. At that point, Aesculapius would treat the patient in the dream, often by having the serpent lick his or her wounds. In the morning, the patient would awaken healed. As a result, throughout history, the symbol of the physician has been, and continues to be, the Staff of Aesculapius, a wooden staff with a SINGLE serpent entwined. Many readers, however, are probably more familiar with the Caduceus, which is the winged staff of Hermes, the messenger of the gods, with TWO intertwined serpents. His followers established temples called Asclepions, temples of Asklepios, temples of healing. The greatest asklepion was in a grove of trees south of Corinth, Greece where the sick had to spend a night while the proper remedies were revealed during a dream to the priests of the temple and the cured had to make a suitable sacrifice (usually a rooster) to the god. According to mythology, Asculapius had a number of children including Hygieia, the goddess of health (from whose name comes the word "hygiene") and Panaceia, the goddess of healing (from whose name comes the word "panacea" for a universal remedy). Today, the staff of Aesculapius is a commonly used symbol of medicine. It is the symbol of the American Medical Association (AMA) and many other medical societies. Chiron taught Asclepius the art of healing. According to Pindar (Pythian Odes), Asclepius also acquired the knowledge of surgery, the use of drugs, love potions and incantations. www.loggia.com Physician Humor.........or is it? Original Author unknown - David's notes in red These statistics are very outdated but are far worse now and they do prove a point. Think about this: Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners. (These numbers have now skyrocketed) a. The number of physicians in the US is 700,000. b. Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year is 120,000. (We just proved that this number, as of the early 2,000's, is closer to 1 million.) c. Accidental deaths per physician is 0.171. (US Dept. of Health & Human Services) Then think about this: a. The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000. b. The number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups) is 1,500. c. The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is .0000188. Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners. FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ...ONE DOCTOR! Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors before this gets out of hand! As a public health measure I have withheld the statistics on lawyers for fear that the shock could cause people to seek medical attention. Man's Methods or God's Glory What we've seen so far has proven that the curse of God is in trusting in man. Jer 17:5 Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah. (God has a method that never fails but it is foolishness to man.) But God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose [yea] and the things that are not, that he might bring to naught the things that are: that no flesh should glory before God (1 Cor.1:27-29). God's methods will always be considered foolish, weak, base, and despised by the world and the worldly church… In my past experiences, at the end of all of my works to save myself by man's methods, God gave me faith to see His works. God's method was faith in Him combined with my own weakness. He said, "[my] power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor.12:9). Faith is foolish, weak, and base to the world but it brings God's power... Worldly methods failed me, but faith in the promises brought the most awesome deliverance. Glory to God! Recently, I watched a report on antibacterial soaps on the national news. They reported that the net effect was that they were not wiping out bacteria, but making them resistant. What did penicillin do but make antibiotic resistant bacteria for which there is no medical cure on the horizon? Poisons on the crops, to try to destroy the curse, go into the water supply and cause a multitude of diseases. Read your toothpaste tube; fluoride is a deadly poison. The Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 284, July 26, 2000, reported that doctors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., causing 250,000 deaths every year from iatrogenic causes! (Now over 450,000 and this does not including the medical murders being committed because of CV-19.) Iatrogenic is defined as induced in a patient by a physician's activity, manner, or therapy, used especially of a complication of treatment. If this is what their organization admits, what is the truth? The numbers are much higher. If, as some believe, this is God's preferred method of healing today, He is surely making a lot of mistakes. I have a good doctor friend who prefers to not use drugs. He has told me how he prays for patients who will believe, with results. The problem is that most are not interested in deliverance from their curse if it takes repentance and faith so he does what he can. My mother took a drug for years. One day she was reading an article by Reader's Digest on the side effects of medicines. The side effects of the drug she was on were breast cancer and glaucoma, and she had them both. That was a terrible trade. My father's favorite doctor told him after an examination, "One thing I am sure of, you are not going to die of a heart attack. You have the heart of a much younger man". About a month later, he had a serious heart attack. I became convinced it was because of a drug he was taking to put oxygen into his blood because he lost a lung to smoking. Two close friends took a drug that had a side effect of damaging their kidneys. Their doctors admitted this in both cases. Man shifts the curse around and sometimes multiplies it, but he cannot deliver by his own efforts. If he could, then Jesus' death was for naught. I believe it is God's purpose that we understand that there is no permanent deliverance from the curse except God's deliverance through Jesus Christ. The world's deliverance is a deception, because, ultimately, their gods fail them. God wants us to see through that. We have been told that God now uses modern methods for delivering us from the curse. God's method is always free. It is salvation by grace, which is the unmerited, unpaid for, favor of God. Neither Jesus nor His disciples charged anything for healing, deliverance, provision, or any other form of salvation. The world's method always cost. The poor often go untreated until they die. In God's kingdom, all are treated on condition of faith. God desires to use the same method He used in the Scripture, the word of faith, because it is the only one that does not give glory to man. If a Christian receives a recovery from some disease while under the care of doctors and medicine, everyone wants to know what the medicine was or who the doctor was. God will not share His glory with another. I am not condemning those who use doctors or medicine. I offer the good news that Jesus has already healed you almost 2,000 years ago. Reading the New Testament once shows that God did not use the methods of man. In the coming wilderness we will need to understand this. Soon God's people will not be able to buy or sell with the world. Then all will be forced into a wilderness experience where there will be no idolatry with the gods of this world. For the people of God in the wilderness there will be a great lack of doctors, medicine, lawyers, bankers, psychiatrists, insurance, food, clean water, and public assistance of all types. Then we will see God's power in man's weakness (2 Cor.12:9-10). The churches' methods of obtaining provision today are the same as the world's methods and are therefore acceptable to it. God has a peculiar method for ministering deliverance from the curse that costs nothing, gives no glory to man, and proves His sovereignty. (1 Cor.1:28) And the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, [yea] and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are: (29) that no flesh should glory before God We see here that God chose to use something that does not exist in the physical realm in order to destroy the things that do. The "things that are not" are the promises in the Word that we do not see fulfilled. The "things that are" are the cursed things of sin, sickness, and lack, which God wants to "bring to nought". For example, if you are sick, that is a thing that is; but "by whose stripes ye were healed" is a thing that is not in the physical realm. God chose faith in His promises "that are not" in order to bring to naught the sickness. Jesus and the disciples used God's method for dealing with the curse by calling "the things that are not, as though they were" (Rom.4:17). They just commanded it done according to the promises. They did not choose "the things that are", like doctors, medicine, psychiatrists, banks, and such to "bring to naught the things that are", like sin, sickness, torment, lack, debt, etc. The things that appear in this realm are the things that are and are all under the curse. (Heb.11:3) By faith we understand that the worlds (Greek: "ages") have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen hath not been made out of things which appear. God's method is to use the Word and not the physical things that appear, just as in the Gospels and Acts. In anointing with oil, it is obviously not the oil but the faith that heals. Oil is just a symbol of the Holy Spirit. Paul's handkerchief did not heal; it was the power from his faith (Acts 19:12). Some might think that once Jesus also used things such as when He made clay with His spit to heal a blind man in John 9:6-7. It was not the clay that healed his eyes, but the washing it out of his eyes; clay symbolizes the Adamic nature and the things that are (Job 10:9; 33:6; Isa.29:16; 45:9) just as man was made from clay. In other words, our eyes must be cleansed of seeing through eyes of clay. We need the spiritual eyes to see the promise as done by faith. (2 Pet.1:3) Seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life (Greek: zoe, "God's life") and godliness.... To have spiritual eyes, we must see that Jesus has already given us His life and blessings. We need to be cleansed of fleshly eyes that keep us from God's blessings. ... The natural man (of clay) receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged (Greek: "examined" or "seen") (1 Cor.2:14). By the way, the spit from Jesus' mouth symbolizes that which comes out of the mouth of the Lord that gives life to man, the Word or manna (Dt.8:3; Jn.1:13; 6:33,51). I once knew a preacher who said, "The reason Paul did all those miracles was because Luke the physician was with him". Wrong! Not in one verse do we see Luke using physician skills, which could never result in a miracle. The Greek word iatros is falsely translated "physician" but it just means "healer". Iatros is also used of Jesus as "healer". Translators put their modern ideas here. "Physician" means "one who practices medicine", which Jesus and the apostles never did. The term used for drugs or medicine in the Greek is pharmakia (English: "pharmacy") and is translated "witchcraft" or "sorcery", which Paul called a work of the flesh in Galatians 5:20. The nations are deceived with pharmakia (Rev.18:23). Luke was a healer in the same way Jesus and the other disciples were. It should seem strange to these people that Jesus and his disciples did not use "the things that are" to administer healing or deliverance. If Paul's handkerchief had the power to heal, why could it not heal before he touched it? It only acted as a medium to carry the healing anointing to the sick by faith. I have prayed over handkerchiefs, water, or people as mediums and seen healings. A brother, whose wife was very sick, came into our meeting. He was very troubled and on the edge of tears about this. The brother was not yet convinced that he needed to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Asking the Lord in my thoughts what to do, it came to me to pray over him to impart healing power to him, which we did. Then I said, "Now brother, go lay hands on your wife, and she will be healed". He was not convinced that healing was our right today, but he went home to lay hands on his wife. When he did, she was healed, and he came back excited. You see, it is not the medium; it is the healing power manifested through it, or in this case him, by faith. Jesus imparted authority to the disciples to heal before they received the Holy Spirit. So how do we use God's method of "the things that are not"? By calling "the things that are not, as though they were" (Rom.4:17). In other words, agree with the promise and call it done. God chooses to use "the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are: that no flesh should glory before God" (1 Cor.1:28-29). God does not desire to use man's inventions so that only He can brag. God's salvation is not by our works. It is by getting our eyes off the problem and on the promise. 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 teaches that our affliction will be temporary if "we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen". When the Israelites got their eyes off the snake bite (curse) and on the serpent on the pole (Christ who became our curse [Jn.3:14]), they were healed (Num.21:49). As we saw, Paul's "thorn in the flesh" had nothing to do with sickness but a demon that was bringing him into humbling circumstances where he was weak to save himself so God's power was present to save him. His advice to Timothy puts a question in some concerning the use of remedies. In the text we can see that sin is the subject before and after the verse in question. (1 Tim. 5:22) Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure. (23) Be no longer a drinker of water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities (Greek: asthenia; meaning "weaknesses"). (24) Some men's sins are evident, going before unto judgment; and some men also they follow after. (25) In like manner also there are good works that are evident; and such as are otherwise cannot be hid. The word sometimes translated "infirmities" is actually "weaknesses" and is clearly seen in other texts where the same word is correctly translated. (1 Cor.1:25) ... The weakness of God is stronger than men. Now we know that God is not infirm or sick so this word has to be "weakness". (2 Cor.13:4) For he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him through the power of God toward you. We know that Jesus Christ was not crucified through infirmity, but weakness because He would not defend Himself when He was brought before Pilate and the Jewish leaders. Timothy had spiritual weaknesses for which the only cure was the spiritual wine of the nature of Jesus. The stomach or belly was spiritually considered the seat of rulership for the carnal man. It represented being driven by the lusts (Greek: "desires") of the flesh, driven by sin. (Php.3:19) Whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and [whose] glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things. Peter called those who returned to their sins, "the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire". The sow best identifies those who are servants to their flesh's appetites. On the other hand, wine was considered the cure for bondage to sin. Wine represents the blood of Jesus. (Mt.26:27) And he took a cup(of wine), and gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; (28) for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many unto remission of sins. (29) But I say unto you, I shall not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. Through our own blood we have inherited the lusts of the sinful flesh and through Jesus' pure blood that nature is destroyed. (Lev.17:11) For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life. His blood is in us to the extent that we repent and partake of the life of His Word. (Jn.6:53) Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood (wine), ye have not life in yourselves. (54) He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day. Partaking of the blood or wine is a matter of walking in His Word by faith in His blood that was given to us. (1 Jn.1:7) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin. The combined fruitful faith that resides in the true body of Christ is the answer to the question of why Isaiah commanded a cake of figs for Hezekiah's boil. (Isa.38:21) Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover. The figs here represent the Body of Christ or Israel as in Jesus' warnings about bearing fruit. (Lk.13:6)And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none. (7) And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground? (Rev.6:13) and the stars of the heaven (Abraham's seed) fell unto the earth, as a fig tree casteth her unripe figs when she is shaken of a great wind. Jesus identified the righteous as being under the fig tree when He saw Nathanael there as an Israelite without guile (Jn.1:47 50). Notice that in the verse before the "cake of figs" was laid on the boil, faith was expressed to God by the body for Hezekiah's healing as the saints in the "house of the Lord" were praising God for this. It was the figs' faith that sucked the poison out of the boil. (Isa.38:20) The Lord is [ready] to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of the Lord. The cake of figs was a natural parable that represented a spiritual happening just as in Jesus' parables of planting wheat and corn, etc. See God's Vaccine Please read our book Faith for all Things
QUESTION PRESENTED:Whether, for purposes of calculating additional payment for hospitals that serve a “significantly disproportionate number of low-income patients,” the secretary of health and human services has permissibly included in a hospital's Medicare fraction all of the hospital's patient days of individuals who satisfy the requirements to be entitled to Medicare Part A benefits, regardless of whether Medicare paid the hospital for those particular days.Date Proceedings and Orders Mar 19 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 19, 2021)Mar 30 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 19, 2021 to May 19, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.Mar 31 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 19, 2021.May 19 2021 | Brief of respondent Empire Health Foundation, for Valley Hospital Medical Center in opposition filed.Jun 08 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.Jun 08 2021 | Reply of petitioner Becerra, Xavier, Secretary of Health and Human Services filed. (Distributed)Jul 01 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2021.Jul 02 2021 | Petition GRANTED.Jul 19 2021 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.Jul 21 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 1, 2021. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including October 18, 2021.Sep 01 2021 | Brief of petitioner Becerra, Xavier, Secretary of Health and Human Services filed.Sep 01 2021 | Joint appendix filed.Sep 08 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation in Support of Neither Party filed.Sep 20 2021 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, November 29, 2021.Sep 27 2021 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.Oct 14 2021 | The record from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.Oct 18 2021 | Brief of respondent Empire Health Foundation, for Valley Hospital Medical Center filed.Oct 25 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The Federation of American Hospitals filed.Oct 25 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Certain Hospitals and Hospital Systems filed.Oct 29 2021 | CIRCULATEDNov 17 2021 | Reply of petitioner Becerra, Xavier, Secretary of Health and Human Services filed. (Distributed)Nov 23 2021 | Letter regarding statistics in reply brief on the merits filed by petitioner. (Distributed)Nov 29 2021 | Argued. For petitioner: Jonathan C. Bond, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Daniel J. Hettich, Washington, D. C.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
QUESTION PRESENTED:(1) Whether deference under Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council permits the Department of Health and Human Services to set reimbursement rates based on acquisition cost and vary such rates by hospital group if it has not collected adequate hospital acquisition cost survey data; and (2) whether petitioners' suit challenging HHS's adjustments is precluded by 42 U.S.C. § 1395l(t)(12).Date Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)Feb 10 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 15, 2021)Feb 23 2021 | Brief amici curiae of 36 State and Regional Hospital Associations filed.Mar 03 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 15, 2021 to April 14, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.Mar 04 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 14, 2021.Mar 12 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Yale New Haven Health System, BJC Health Care, UPMC and Vanderbilt University Medical Center filed.Mar 31 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Federation of American Hospitals filed.Apr 08 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 14, 2021 to May 13, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.Apr 09 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 13, 2021.Apr 13 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Rural Hospital Coalition in support of respondent filed.May 13 2021 | Brief of respondent Xavier Becerra, Sec. of H&HS in opposition filed.May 28 2021 | Reply of petitioners American Hospital Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)Jun 01 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.Jun 21 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021.Jul 01 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2021.Jul 02 2021 | Petition GRANTED. In addition to the question presented by the petition, the parties are directed to brief and argue the following question: Whether petitioners' suit challenging HHS's adjustments is precluded by 42 U. S. C. §1395l(t)(12).Jul 09 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, American Hospital Association, et al.Jul 26 2021 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.Jul 28 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including September 3, 2021. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including October 20, 2021.Sep 03 2021 | Brief of petitioners American Hospital Association, et al. filed.Sep 03 2021 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)Sep 08 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.Sep 09 2021 | Brief amici curiae of 37 State and Regional Hospital Associations filed.Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation in support of neither party filed.Sep 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Home Builders, et al. filed.Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in support of neither party filed.Sep 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Yale New Haven Health System, et al. filed.Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc. filed.Sep 10 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed.Sep 10 2021 | Brief amici curiae of States of Indiana, et al. filed.Sep 20 2021 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, November 30, 2021.Sep 27 2021 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. D.C. Circuit.Oct 01 2021 | The record received from the U.S.C.A. DC Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer, also received are transcripts that has been electronically filed.Oct 20 2021 | Brief of respondents Xavier Becerra, Sec. of H&HS, et al. filed.Oct 27 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Rural Hospital Coalition filed. (Distributed)Oct 27 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Federation of American Hospitals filed. (Distributed)Oct 29 2021 | CIRCULATEDNov 19 2021 | Reply of petitioners American Hospital Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)Nov 30 2021 | Argued. For petitioners: Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Washington, D. C. For respondents: Christopher G. Michel, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Watch the full Episode:https://elenaharderr.com/membership-home/podcast-membership If you've ever had a friend of yours say "Well, I'm just going to get him circumcised" and you've held your tongue. If you have had boys who have been circumcised, and you're considering whether you should do that for your next child. I encourage you to listen to this all the way through. It is absolutely a challenging topic, but I promise it is absolutely worthwhile. Harry and I talked about in the full episode: The root cause of hurt experiences in adult life comes back to our childhood traumas and our childhood woundings When we look at the violence in the world, we can absolutely see that the violence done to small babies in their young years, it can be traced back to that root trauma of circumcision. Harry's experience of finding out he was circumcised as a teen. The high retail price of foreskin on the medical market. We talk about how you can help educate the women around you How you can get involved in the bloodstained men movement, and help educate others. The injustice and the unconstitutional nature of circumcision and its comparison with female genital mutilation as a practice in the world. This is a challenging, but beautiful conversation to have. I want to encourage you to before you start watching the episode, you can commit to listening to the whole thing, because the first 20 minutes are the hardest bit and then towards the end, we're mostly talking about how we heal. We talk a lot about compassion and a lot about how to be kind with men and ourselves on this journey of healing and integration from the very common and very horrific experience called male genital mutilation. Connect with Our Guest Expert Harry is a retired engineer who has for many years struggled to find better ways to do what should be the easiest thing imaginable: convincing people not to injure their own children. He joined his first Bloodstained Men protest in 2014 and decided then that the on-street and online actions of the organization are a promising way to protect kids from genital mutilation. BloodStainedMen.com Facebook https://facebook.com/BloodstainedMenTheirFriends Twitter @HarryGuiremand About Elena Harder Elena Harder is on a mission to Nourish Mothers and create Bulletproof Moms. She started her awakening journey in 2010. Even with a challenging hospital birth, an abusive relationship, 7 years spent in crippling postpartum depression, self loathing and people pleasing. She never gave up hope on finding a way through. Her search for “mental health” led Elena to study Mindfulness, Spirituality, NLP, Theta Healing, Tantra, Optimal Nutrition, and Intermittent Fasting to find a way to finally recover her mind and joyful soul. Now she works with other mothers to help them master the tools and skills that really work to remove their negative self talk, eliminate stress, heal their hearts, remove anxiety, fear, depression and be empowered to find their own Joygasmic Life. Get the Free Joygasmic Birth eCourse at joygasm.me Website: ElenaHarderR.com Facebook: Facebook.com/Joygasm8 Instagram: https://instagram.com/JoygasmHarder Huge Thank you to SONNY for our Intro-Outro Song https://open.spotify.com/artist/7woO5xoM5KGReQEEqdexGj --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joygasmic/message
Before Mother Theresa, there was Mother Cabrini!Join Fr Michael and Fr Isaiah as they share insight into a saint that was essential in American Hospitals, Education, and Orphanages programs.
While the governors are blaming Americans for the spread of the virus and using hospitalization numbers as benchmarks to infringe upon liberties, they are bringing in Mexican nationals sick with the virus for treatment. Todd Bensman of the Center for Immigration Studies chronicles how this is being done out in the open and nobody is protesting it or suggesting that we send aid for them to be treated in Mexico. Also, we discuss how Latino voters living at the border hate open-border policies. -- Today's Sponsor: Patriot Penguin has a wide selection of cards that will trigger your snowflake friends and relatives. Go to www.patriotpenguin.com and save on a 4 card deal with the offer code "CR". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cal sits with the President and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals to talk about healthcare in the time of the pandemic, and how the present moment will impact the future of YOUR healthcare. Chip has been called one of the 100 most powerful people in healthcare and after decades of experience in the area he knows everything that Cal wants to know. At a time when many people are being furloughed and fired from their jobs for no fault of their own and losing their health insurance, it’s important to start thinking about how our system might be modified so that we all can get the best out of it. This is a conversation that we all need to be in on.
Dr. Jeffrey Matthews, Dept. of Surgery Chair at University of Chicago Medicine, discusses how hospitals have responded to the pandemic.
Ben Breier shares with us how he began to understand the power of leadership as a high school and college athlete. He was voted captain of the varsity baseball team at the University of Pennsylvania three years in a row, starting when he was just a sophomore. He also recounts how his leadership journey continued once he graduated, as we discuss why strong, dedicated leaders are particularly important in the healthcare field, especially when leading a company like Kindred Healthcare with over 60,000 employees.Ben is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Kindred Healthcare, LLC, one of the largest providers of healthcare services in the United States. He assumed responsibility as CEO in March of 2015, after having been named President in 2012.Kindred Healthcare operates a diverse blend of health care service businesses including transitional care hospitals and inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in approximately 1,800 locations across the United States.Ben currently serves on the Board of Kindred Healthcare, the Federation of American Hospitals, and is a member of the Wall Street Journal CEO Council. He is also a former member of the Business Roundtable, and he serves on the Board of the University of Miami's School of Business as well as on the Board of Overseers at the University of Pennsylvania.
Trevor and Steve sit down with healthcare legend Tom Scully, General Partner at WCAS and former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and President and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals.
Acts of Congress plus regulatory cuts by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are estimated to reduce federal payments to hospitals by $256.6 billion from 2010 to 2029, according to a study released this week and commissioned by the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Federation of American Hospitals.Reporting on this developing story during this edition of Monitor Mondays is former CMS official Matthew Albright, chief legislative affairs officer for Zelis Healthcare.Other segments to be featured on the broadcast include the following:RAC Report: Healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel reports on the latest audits by Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) and other third-party auditors. Emanuel, a member of the RACmonitor editorial board, is a partner in the Potomac Law Group.War on Drugs: Famed whistleblower attorney Mary Inman, partner at the London law office of Constantine Cannon, reports that major drug manufacturers and distributors are proposing deals that could be worth up to $50 billion to help resolve the nationwide litigation of the pharmaceutical industry’s liability for America’s opioid crisis. SDoH Report: Ellen Fink-Samnick, a nationally recognized expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), has the latest news on this trending topic that is attracting significant media attention. Ellen will also conduct the Monitor Mondays Listener Survey.Resources from Ellen Success over Stress, DePaul University Grant, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant to Purpose Built Communities, CVS FundingRisky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser will return to Monitor Mondays with his trademark segment in which he reports on problematic issues facing providers.Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 RCM, will be making his Monday Rounds with another installment of his popular segment.
In 1885, the death rate for black Atlantans was 2.5 times greater than whites. By 1900, the black death rate exceeded the white by 69%. African American deaths accounted for 50% of the city’s deaths, while only accounting for 40% of its population. Crawford Long, Piedmont, Emory University Hospital, Georgia Baptist, Egleston Hospital for Children, St. Joseph's Infirmary, and the Scottish Rite Hospital were only available for the white population of Atlanta, so hospitals for black Atlanta were a dire necessity. This week, I'm talking about five that opened in the years from 1900 - 1945, as well as the doctors and nurses that made them happen. - Enjoying the podcast? Please consider making a contribution: www.patreon.com/archiveatlanta www.archiveatlantapodcast.com/ Email: thevictorialemos@gmail.com FB: www.facebook.com/archiveatlanta IG: www.instagram.com/archiveatlanta
On this season of the new podcast from the Federation of American Hospitals, Chip Kahn, President and CEO will take a deep dive into your community hospital with experts in the field. What were hospitals like at the turn of the century? What do hospitals do when disaster strikes? How are hospitals using AI technology to improve patient care? Its all here on Hospitals In Focus with Chip Kahn. Listen, subscribe and leave us a review!
Dr. Michael Murphy speaks with Jeff Cohen, Executive Vice President of Public Affairs at the Federation of American Hospitals in Washington, DC about the new tax bill and how impending legislation will affect health systems and patients. With over a decade of experience working on Capitol Hill alongside lawmakers, Cohen provides a thoughtful analysis of the the latest political trends from an insider's perspective.
Pick a health care battle in D.C. over the past three decades. Chip Kahn's been at the center of it — first as a top insurance lobbyist, then as a key Capitol Hill staffer, and now as the head of the Federation of American Hospitals. Chip sat down with POLITICO's Dan Diamond to talk about how he shaped the infamous "Harry and Louise" ad campaign (starts at the 3:10 mark), what it takes to be an effective Washington lobbyist (11:00), how the hospital industry is evolving amid reforms (16:00), whether bipartisan health policymaking is doomed (23:00), if supporting Obamacare hurt him among Republicans and his perspective on Medicare's controversial Part B demo (30:00), and how he sees the 2016 election for health care (37:45) Plus: Don't miss the lightning round quiz at 44:45. Have questions, suggestions or feedback? Email ddiamond@politico.com.
Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Editor Betsy Todd present the highlights of the October issue of the American Journal of Nursing. This month's cover celebrates AJN's 115th anniversary with a collage showcasing archival photographs and past covers. Our first CE, “Integrative Care: The Evolving Landscape in American Hospitals,” provides an overview of some of the integrative care initiatives being introduced in hospitals throughout the U.S. and reports on findings from a survey of nursing leaders at hospitals that have implemented integrative care programs. Our second CE, “Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation,” gives an overview of the procedure, its possible complications, and best practices for nursing care. In “Intergenerational Lessons and ‘Fabulous Stories',” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation senior adviser for nursing Susan B. Hassmiller, along with two nurse historians, shares five lessons learned from interviewing her mother, Jacqueline J. Wouwenberg, a 1947 graduate of the Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing, and being interviewed herself. “The NP: Celebrating 50 Years”—which includes an illustrated timeline from the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing—highlights important events in the history of the NP and shows how the NP role has changed and expanded through the decades. Finally, “Pathfinding on the Frontier” describes the success of a patient care coordination program in a primary care practice in rural Kansas. In addition, there's News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.
Editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy and Clinical Editor Betsy Todd present the highlights of the October issue of the American Journal of Nursing. This month’s cover celebrates AJN’s 115th anniversary with a collage showcasing archival photographs and past covers. Our first CE, “Integrative Care: The Evolving Landscape in American Hospitals,” provides an overview of some of the integrative care initiatives being introduced in hospitals throughout the U.S. and reports on findings from a survey of nursing leaders at hospitals that have implemented integrative care programs. Our second CE, “Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation,” gives an overview of the procedure, its possible complications, and best practices for nursing care. In “Intergenerational Lessons and ‘Fabulous Stories’,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation senior adviser for nursing Susan B. Hassmiller, along with two nurse historians, shares five lessons learned from interviewing her mother, Jacqueline J. Wouwenberg, a 1947 graduate of the Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing, and being interviewed herself. “The NP: Celebrating 50 Years”—which includes an illustrated timeline from the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing—highlights important events in the history of the NP and shows how the NP role has changed and expanded through the decades. Finally, “Pathfinding on the Frontier” describes the success of a patient care coordination program in a primary care practice in rural Kansas. In addition, there’s News, Reflections, Drug Watch, Art of Nursing, and more.
AJN launches the first in a five-part series of articles that will examine various aspects of holistic nursing and integrative care. AJN editor in chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with Margo Halm, co-author of this overview of how hospitals are incorporating these therapies for patients, families and staff. Subsequent articles will focus on the most common modalities, including imagery, massage, acupressure and essential oils.