tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post7465706988165687588..comments2023-10-02T06:01:07.043-05:00Comments on The-Paris-site: How Does It Stay Afloat?....1/1fac_phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07837459359891180522noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-7949714033525028152009-01-01T17:23:00.000-06:002009-01-01T17:23:00.000-06:00Essent doesn't know how to tell the truth???? Yes,...Essent doesn't know how to tell the truth???? Yes, they are in big trouble. MVH has a CEO that has a history of changing number????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-86794427986943941802008-12-31T13:42:00.000-06:002008-12-31T13:42:00.000-06:00As far as Sharon Hospital stands is all a mystery ...As far as Sharon Hospital stands is all a mystery to everyone. Just this week they terminated 9 employees and all good, loyal employees. One of them happened to be one of the best directors in the hospital (radiology.) I think they have the whole hospital's anxiety level raising day by day and many employees are being proactive and looking for other jobs. It makes one wonder- what is really going on. Are they getting ready to close? Is it time for Essent to tell the truth??? Are they really in BIG trouble?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-59813587067277551102008-12-29T18:04:00.000-06:002008-12-29T18:04:00.000-06:00I wonder how Essent sleeps at night knowing at MVH...I wonder how Essent sleeps at night knowing at MVH they have a physician making 6 figures who doesn't have the practice to support his salary, much less his staff. He's bleeding the hospital dry and nothing is being done about it; while the rest of us sit and wonder if we will be the next to be let .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-81973039145140090442008-12-16T09:19:00.000-06:002008-12-16T09:19:00.000-06:00As for Sharon:Our "picture" may be better but our ...<I>As for Sharon:</I><BR/>Our "picture" may be better but our working conditions are terrible and getting worse. <BR/><BR/>Wonderful employees are leaving and most of the rest are job searching. The physicians in the facility are all wonderful and employees feel that they understand but are limited as to what they are able to do. They see good employees leaving and ability to give adequate patient care declining. <BR/><BR/>People that work at Sharon Hospital loved the friendly, small feeling about the hospital. At this point it is not a friendly nor pleasant place to be!<BR/><BR/><I>It would appear that this is a common trend among the hospitals. More stick than carrot. <BR/><BR/>With Paris, the trend had started with Christus, however I blame that on the inefficiency caused by the merging of the two hospitals. That is truly when the decline became noticeable....frank</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-2461312356474740082008-12-04T12:03:00.000-06:002008-12-04T12:03:00.000-06:00Speaking of Nashville, seems to be an awful lot of...Speaking of Nashville, seems to be an awful lot of for-profit firms (CHS, Capella, HCA) based out of that area. Not sure if this is coincidence or not.<BR/><BR/>On another subject (travelers), I work for a travel tech firm, and when my recruiter/babysitter/jobseeker and I talk, I mention to him about Essent's failing health, and that he'd be wise to steer clear of any hospital in that chain. He's told me the same story has been told to him from other sources.<BR/><BR/>News moves fast in the traveler's underground......we get together, we talk, we swap stories........we also pass along great places to go to and palces to avoind like the plague. As much as I like New England, I wouldn't work at any of the Essent facilities there for any amount of money, based on what I know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-91868226489809231222008-11-14T16:51:00.000-06:002008-11-14T16:51:00.000-06:00Frank, you and I both know that NashVegas reporter...Frank, you and I both know that NashVegas reporter was out-and-out lied to- the only thing Essent is growing in all areas is the amount of red ink. Connery already had this ship headed for the bottom, Browder wound up taking over when the stack was still barely above water. <BR/><BR/>Essent and their suits reminds me of an old Texas saying- "He'd knock you down and tell God you fell off a horse".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-8264291756785213702008-11-14T10:09:00.000-06:002008-11-14T10:09:00.000-06:00There was a comment by an Essent spokesperson that...There was a comment by an Essent spokesperson that I happened to run into: <A HREF="http://the-paris-site.blogspot.com/2007/11/connery-forced-out-at-essent-healthcare.html" REL="nofollow">According to Jarrard, discussions of a possible sale have been tabled for the time being noting that “every Essent hospital is profitable and growing in their markets."</A><BR/><BR/>That was David Jarrad, to the Nashville Post just over a year ago, when the world found out that Hud was fired. So Browder has taken the company down the toilet? From "...profitable and growing...", to $6 Million of red in one year! Maybe GE Capital will need a bailout, if that's typical of their loans....fac_phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837459359891180522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-13519256274928758692008-11-14T04:01:00.000-06:002008-11-14T04:01:00.000-06:00Don't SHOUT! What would probably get the most atte...Don't <I>SHOUT!</I> <BR/><BR/>What would probably get the most attention is the decision in the Essent vs Doe(s). And then, only if it didn't go back for appeal.fac_phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837459359891180522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-16184427350171243902008-11-14T02:20:00.000-06:002008-11-14T02:20:00.000-06:00AND AS FOR THE "REPORTERS" ARE THERE ANY? WHAT DO...AND AS FOR THE "REPORTERS" ARE THERE ANY? WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE THE FRONT PAGE OF THE SNOOZE?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-80121039710978501732008-11-14T02:18:00.000-06:002008-11-14T02:18:00.000-06:00I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THEY GET RID OF PEOPLE TH...I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THEY GET RID OF PEOPLE THAT KNOW THEIR JOB "HEALTH CARE" AND KEEP THE ONES THAT CAN TALK BULLS$%IT ALL DAY! WHY IS AN UNDERLING THE ONLY ONE THAT KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON AND ?? MAKING ?????????? IS THERE SOME PERSON IS THIS "GREAT" ESSENT THAT KNOWS WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON WITH THIER MONEY? I CAN'T BELIVE THERE IS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-52476050907643313372008-11-14T02:06:00.000-06:002008-11-14T02:06:00.000-06:00THE RED OR WHITE WHAT KIND OF BOOKS DO THEY KEEP?THE RED OR WHITE WHAT KIND OF BOOKS DO THEY KEEP?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-50004542429118930312008-11-13T18:58:00.000-06:002008-11-13T18:58:00.000-06:00Don't GET IN A PISSING CONTEST BUT YOU MUST WORK A...Don't GET IN A PISSING CONTEST BUT YOU MUST WORK AT MVH!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-33520960566977321962008-11-13T13:41:00.000-06:002008-11-13T13:41:00.000-06:00I did get a nice note from a Sharon Hospital emplo...I did get a nice note from a Sharon Hospital employee--that the blog was found (didn't know it was lost) and being viewed there. As the only one that's in the black, I can understand the previous ambivalence. <BR/><BR/>However, being the bobber attached to a hook that has been swallowed by a six-million dollar carp doesn’t bode terribly well. Even bobbers get tangled up in lake trash when the fish heads for the bottom.fac_phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837459359891180522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-68621423851816840422008-11-10T16:35:00.000-06:002008-11-10T16:35:00.000-06:00Fact Check..Don't want to get into a pissing conte...Fact Check..Don't want to get into a pissing contest on the subject of Whittier Medical Assoc. however; after my last vist which was last week, my doctor wanted me to have blood work done at the MVH.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-49426951900404645432008-11-09T18:16:00.000-06:002008-11-09T18:16:00.000-06:00Fact Check.... I am a WORKER of a doctor in the Wh...Fact Check.... I am a WORKER of a doctor in the Whittier Associates medical group and AND it is not half truths it is a fact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-76057442964958639292008-11-07T02:50:00.000-06:002008-11-07T02:50:00.000-06:00ow, in all fairness, you are going to see quite a ...ow, in all fairness, you are going to see quite a few hospitlals run in the red due to Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement policies. Essent has nothing to do with those policies, so it is here I hold them blameless. However, given their track record of mismanagement, poor service, terating empoyees and medical staff like idiots, etc., the reimbursement issue is not all that is wrong. PAtient tend to vote with their feet, and a lot of footprints are headed southwest to the Metroplex. You can bamboole the local fishwraps (which, given the Snooze, is pretty easy given their editorial staff), but you can't fol the locals for very long. Bad service=low business=low income=high deficits= eventual closure. Same principle as in any McDonald's. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-81850346567583373962008-11-06T04:47:00.000-06:002008-11-06T04:47:00.000-06:00Fact Check.... I am a patient of a doctor in the W...Fact Check.... I am a patient of a doctor in the Whittier Associates medical group and he is using the outpatient services of the MVH. Maybe it is only one doctor who is not sending his patient's to a closer medical building. So don't publish half truths as facts condemning the action of an entire group because of the actions of one of their doctor's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-15207041582694840762008-10-26T20:48:00.000-05:002008-10-26T20:48:00.000-05:00Word is out that Whittier Assc Physician's are no ...Word is out that Whittier Assc Physician's are no longer sending their patients for outpatient service at MVH (including radiology).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-5375431051183202732008-10-26T16:46:00.000-05:002008-10-26T16:46:00.000-05:006:50,This would be the FIRST TIME EVER Essent came...6:50,<BR/><BR/>This would be the FIRST TIME EVER Essent came close to doing anything good for the community. That's not a complaint, that is fact. Unless you've had your head buried in the sand, or you're an Essent apologist, you should know this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-78017068563124690552008-10-25T22:08:00.000-05:002008-10-25T22:08:00.000-05:00Actually, I've heard that it was the carrot that b...Actually, I've heard that it was the carrot that brought Hashmi up here from Florida. Just took a few years.<BR/><BR/>I guess there are 11 ICU-ER spots that are open, so where are they going to get the increased staffing for the North ER and CCU? If you are going to the North, who is taking <B>your</B> place???<BR/><BR/>Credit is given when credit is due.fac_phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837459359891180522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-85793593754420704342008-10-25T18:50:00.000-05:002008-10-25T18:50:00.000-05:00The cardiac center has not been opened and you alr...The cardiac center has not been opened and you already know it will be populated by travellers ! My foot I am one of the ones who will be working there not only are there no travellers but even amongst us we had to go through almost a rigirous reinterview process to be able to work there .Sometimes it is nice to acknowledge good work done rather then be an eternal complainer.This is the first time in years that Essent has finally done something good for the community ,they really didnt have to .so give at least some credit for that .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-70091083680660884492008-10-25T01:41:00.000-05:002008-10-25T01:41:00.000-05:00As a former traveler, I focused more on the job I ...As a former traveler, I focused more on the job I was sent to do. I've been in some real loser situations in my traveling career that made me happy when my contract was up. <BR/><BR/>I would ask you regulars to be civil to those travelers that may be coming in to staff the Cardiac Center. The agency bills the facility an awful lot of money, but only a small part of that goes to an agency employee.<BR/><BR/>Why does the phrase "Spend a dollar to save a dime" come to mind when I read the last couple of posts? What does that say about the facility, (mis)management, or anything else?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-79560037904351813012008-10-24T23:40:00.000-05:002008-10-24T23:40:00.000-05:00I just read under the other post that the "Cardiac...I just read under the other post that the "Cardiac Center of Excellence" was going to be populated by travelers.<BR/><BR/>Darn, what happened to the PRMC policy of limiting travelers?<BR/><BR/>And who is breaking them in? Will they be training the new hires that replace them? Hmmm, hiring travelers at about three times the money--and the advertised hourly is $19-24 for new hires. Someone put a lot of thought into this logic bomb.<BR/><BR/>Was going to comment on the other post, but it seems to be more germane to this purview.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-11233803315521125782008-10-17T10:01:00.000-05:002008-10-17T10:01:00.000-05:00They must have money coming from some where becaus...They must have money coming from some where because I have seen them waste more on Bull^%IT or should I say to cover their half baked ideas. EX to take out a cath lab just to rent a mobile one? Can you say think first?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11360009.post-10809863329565627892008-10-16T21:24:00.000-05:002008-10-16T21:24:00.000-05:00PRMC/Christus has been running in the red for year...PRMC/Christus has been running in the red for years, so this listing is nothing new. Only thing that's changed is the "leadership".<BR/><BR/>I don't see this being published in the Snooze any time soon- why, we can't aggravate the big boys in town, even though they have no idea what they're doing. The Snooze will print an article about PRMC that is similar to making chicken s*** taste like chicken salad, and there are enough folks that will buy it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com