tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post3048577868301226495..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: The $5.3 Million a Year Government Bureaucrat - The Top Administrator, or CEO of a "Government Entity," Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, "Doing Business as" Carolinas Healthcare Gets a Raise Roy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-84292392708534849032015-02-17T11:42:28.585-05:002015-02-17T11:42:28.585-05:00I want to clarify that the Charlotte Observer has ...I want to clarify that the Charlotte Observer has published some exemplary articles on CHS in the past up through 2013. In my most recent dialogue with them, they have re-convinced me that they are still committed to responsible and groundbreaking reporting on CHS. Our region is bigger than Carolinas Healthcare System, and the Charlotte Observer tries to keep a balanced perspective of our region Benita Blockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02481194374001578354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-7939506315141898342015-02-16T11:11:59.071-05:002015-02-16T11:11:59.071-05:00I would note that VA hospital administrators do NO...I would note that VA hospital administrators do NOT get sky-high pay, by contrast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-5208201839416379702015-02-15T22:20:32.859-05:002015-02-15T22:20:32.859-05:00Having attended a 2014 CHS Board of Commissioners ...Having attended a 2014 CHS Board of Commissioners meeting as well as having been told by the Charlotte Observer that they could not find any additional information on some questions that I had surrounding CHS - I would not count on the Charlotte Observer "investigating" anything surrounding CHS. They will happily report any new developments, but they are not going to go digging up too Benita Blockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02481194374001578354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-21798423368939480372015-02-13T13:21:51.222-05:002015-02-13T13:21:51.222-05:00We do not have to look far to find financial incen...We do not have to look far to find financial incentives in testing and treatment:<br /><br />http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2015/02/09/false-positives-and-real-dollars-why-88-wont-effectively-screen-for-lung-canc/<br /><br />and there is no limit to what will be done for profit:<br /><br />http://pharmagossip.blogspot.com/2015/01/mother-brought-to-tears-hearing-johnson.html?utm_source=Steve Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02457363632413213801noreply@blogger.com