Posted by Admin | 7:51 AM

On his Not Running a Hospital blog, Paul Levy discussed reasons for concern when private equity firms purchase and operate hospitals.  He u...

Labels: Cerberus, private equity, Steward Health Care

Posted by Admin | 5:00 AM

In the US, it has become the accepted wisdom that health care is now an industry, not a calling or a profession, and the health care it prod...

Labels: Caritas Christi, core values, mission-hostile management, Pope Benedict XVI, professionalism, Steward Health Care

Posted by Admin | 9:36 AM

Health care is drowning in a sea of hype and spin.  We have frequently posted about deceptive marketing used to sell drugs, devices, and h...

Labels: Cerberus, deception, marketing, public relations, Steward Health Care

Posted by Admin | 9:36 AM

The use of advertising by Steward Health Care, currently a regional hospital system here in New England, continues to provide lessons about ...

Labels: Cerberus, corporate physician, deception, marketing, private equity, public relations, Steward Health Care

Posted by Admin | 11:53 AM

Negotiations between a local RI hospital system and the largest RI health insurer have now become very public. An advertising campaign by th...

Labels: Cerberus, deception, executive compensation, mission-hostile management, public relations, Rhode Island Blue Cross, Steward Health Care

Posted by Admin | 11:58 AM

In a single sentence, a short, obscure article in the Worcester (MA) Business Journal on life at a community hospital after a for-profit cor...

Labels: anechoic effect, Cerberus, confidentiality clause, gag clause, private equity, secrecy, Steward Health Care, whistle-blowers

Posted by Admin | 12:22 PM

Last year, we noted concerns about the againy fashionable practice of for-profit corporations taking over previously not-for-profit hospita...

Labels: Caritas Christi, Detroit Medical Center, executive compensation, mergers, private equity, Steward Health Care, Vanguard Health Care