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What Me Worry? - American Legacy Foundation Executives' Relaxed Response to a $3 Million Plus Fraud

Posted by | 12:49 PM
A Washington Post investigation into diversion of money from US not-for-profit organizations provided a striking case study showing the app...

Presto Chango - UPMC Tries to Make its Employees All Disappear

Posted by | 12:35 PM
This story is just in time for Halloween.  The Lawsuit Challenging the Non-Profit Status of UPMC Back in March, 2013, we discussed a lawsui...

The Long Con - "Charitable" Hospitals Make Multimillionaires out of Their CEOs

Posted by | 10:53 AM
The CEOs of ostensibly charitable hospitals founded to serve the poor continue to become rich.   The latest reminders are in two articles fr...

The Financialized Medical Center - Executives of Non-Profit Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Make an "Investor Call," but Have no Investors

Posted by | 8:06 AM
We recently discussed the uncomfortable situation of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, the non-profit health system/ academic medical cent...

More Signs of Organized Resistance? - Proposed Legislation for More Hospital Leadership Accountability

Posted by | 12:13 PM
This year we note the beginning of action against the power of large health care organizations lead by hired executives and cronies who seem...

The Push Back Continues: the Mayor of Pittsburgh Sues UPMC Claiming it is No "Public Charity"

Posted by | 11:55 AM
There is another indication that push back against the power of large health care organizations is getting more significant. In February, 20...

For Whom Does the Center for the Protection of Patient Rights Advocate?

Posted by | 1:55 PM
We have occasionally discussed the cases of  some patient advocacy organizations which seem to be influenced by substantial financial suppor...

How Big Health Care Charities Rely on Lying Telemarketers

Posted by | 9:30 AM
A modern day Diogenes searching for an honest organization in health care would have a very hard time.  Close to the "you can't mak...