tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post1035976495105409222..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: The Long Con - "Charitable" Hospitals Make Multimillionaires out of Their CEOs Roy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-41766474375390047212013-09-04T10:35:36.223-04:002013-09-04T10:35:36.223-04:00Roy,
It might be helpful to review the actual peop...Roy,<br />It might be helpful to review the actual people who come up with the offered salary/benefits in the first place. Whether a consultant, a committee, or a board a process involving other people must account for the final package. It takes two to tango.<br /><br />Also, what are the salaries of the people inevitably resonsible for "picking" the salary felt needed to "attractAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-26473809281664975942013-08-30T12:54:45.026-04:002013-08-30T12:54:45.026-04:00Dr. Poses, I agree about the incentives but how mu...Dr. Poses, I agree about the incentives but how much medical care could be given if this money (i.e., CEO compensation) was not skimmed off the top? <br />There is just SO much corruption in our present system! I despair that there is anything or anyone who can turn it around. I hope that I am wrong....Judy Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-83886289254150753482013-08-25T15:37:26.899-04:002013-08-25T15:37:26.899-04:00Judy B,
Thanks for the comment.
It is not so m...Judy B,<br /><br />Thanks for the comment. <br /><br />It is not so much how much money gets siphoned off to pay CEOs, but how the incentives created by these compensation policies influence what managers do, and what sort of people become managers. <br /><br />If CEOs are really paid mainly to increase short term revenue, but not to improve care of patients, or community benefit, hospitals areRoy M. Poses MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-845245520728125002013-08-25T10:22:33.437-04:002013-08-25T10:22:33.437-04:00You may have noticed that whenever anyone talks ab...You may have noticed that whenever anyone talks about getting medical costs under control, they almost always say the same things: Utilize medical services and products less! You never hear about how these huge compensation packages are contributing to everyone's medical bills.Judy Bnoreply@blogger.com