Hospital plans are designed to incentivize doctors not to order or recommend expensive procedures in order to reduce payouts. Newsweek Ranks 3 Beaumont Hospitals Among Best in U.S. One Down, Three to Go. I only see the potential for massive financial loss., Freed warns Spectrums directors: When you sign the documents that will permanently change this region, your signature will forever hold you accountable for the repercussions.. Beaumonts flagship Royal Oak hospital only garnered a four-star rating and its other hospitals earned two-and three-star ratings. If theyre out there, theyre certainly not easy to find and, no, a few quotes about financials every quarter does not count as transparency, at least not in my book.. To support Deadline Detroit's independent. As a result, patients requiring hospital admission must remain in the ER, diverting beds and staff normally dedicated to treating emergencies. I dont know how we could handle a catastrophe, said a source at Royal Oaks ER. He didnt address staff as folks as hes repeatedly done in the past and he looked more relaxed and rested than in previous videos. Beaumont derailed the effort after spending nearly $2 million on union busters, furthering ill will among its nurses. By Eric Starkman During the Covid pandemic, a hospital's safety practices are more. ER sources at Royal Oak and Troy say Covid patients account for a small percentage seeking emergency treatment. Most of Foxs senior management team has departed, and hes expected to leave once the takeover is completed and he receives the millions of dollars likely owed to him under his golden parachute agreement. Beaumont CEO Fox and COO Wilson Must Go Now! Spectrum also experienced considerable turnover of Black employees, some of whom considered filing a class action lawsuit . We talk with many of them, Joanne Giardini-Russell, a Brighton Medicare consultant posted on Freeds LinkedIn page. This is a good time to give a shoutout to former Beaumont chair John Lewis, who at the end of the day bears the greatest responsibility for the hospital systems decline. Less readily understood is why Spectrum would want to do a deal. Gretchen Whitmer has paid lip service that shes committed to so-called healthcare equity, meaning that Blacks receive access to the same quality of care as whites. So What? A Zoom video conference call that was leaked this week among physicians and the marketing director of a North Carolina hospital involved a discussion on how to manipulate Covid patient stats to make them more scary to the public. Henry Ford also said the unvaccinated were exacerbating its staff shortages. Starkman: Beaumont CFO John Kerndl and Top CEO Aide Say No! The metric that matters most is quality of patient care. Whats becoming increasingly obvious is how Freese Decker, like John Fox, is prone to making public statements that have no basis in fact. Spectrum is a competently run company on an upward trajectory, while Beaumont is a very damaged goods operation. Its not clear whether Freed knows that Beaumont CEO John Fox was among U.S. hospital executives who shouted the loudest about a looming financial crisis for the health care industry because of the pandemic. Is that still on track given Beaumonts oceans of red ink? By comparison, BHSH will have 22 hospitals and 64,000 employees. This columnist, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs atStarkman Approved. The anesthesiologists did this while earning a fraction of their . 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Travel nurses are also required to oversee only four patients at a time and are exempted from having to transport patients to other areas of the hospital. Reach Eric Starkman at: eric@starkmanapproved.com. Thats how Beaumont ended up in the sorry state that it did. Fox disclosed that Beaumont has extensively expanded its use of nurse staffing agencies, which could exacerbate already poor morale among its nurses. This columnist, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved.. By Eric Starkman. Spectrums board strikes me as pretty buttoned up, so they might not yet appreciate the extent of how damaged Beaumont really is. Beaumont Health was significantly impacted by these financial and workforce headwinds that were particularly strong in Southeast Michigan (in the second quarter). An additional director will also be named. Ohios AG has won a series of landmark settlements taking on healthcare companies. Moreover, rookie nurses still have a lot to learn. Why isnt Freese Decker following through on that supposedly great initiative? These contracted doctors also were responsible for setting up a Covid-19 ICU unit at Beaumont Troy. Nursing shortages are causing havoc at other Beaumont hospitals as well. Spectrumissued a statement to MiBizabout the disastrous financials reminiscent of the spin Fox served up during his seven-year tenure. By Eric Starkman. Companies often create diversity positions for window dressing purposes. Consultants are part of the . By Eric Starkman Beaumont Health CEO John Fox has no shame. To support Deadline Detroit's independent. He's even willing to. Starkman: Why Beaumont's John Fox Could Haul More Than $30 Million Back to Atlanta Tweet. To the distaste of the pediatric heads colleagues, Susick walked him out of the hospital in front of his staff. Getting more Americans vaccinated is widely believed the ticket to saving lives and preventing hospitals from being overrun with Covid patients at deaths door. Susick fired Royal Oaks highly regarded and very much beloved head of pediatrics after he protested budget cuts that he argued would harm patient care. Beaumont Troy also operates at a reduced capacity. If there was an annual award for the healthcare industrys biggest chump, I defy anyone to propose a more worthy recipient than Tina Freese Decker, CEO of Grand Rapids-based Spectrum Health. One need only look at Beaumont, an amalgamation of the Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, Oakwood Healthcare, Dearborn, and Botsford Health Care in Farmington Hills that was created in 2014. The release, which Fream presumably signed off on, said her appointment was part of a normal governance leadership rotational process.. She bolted last month. Beaumonts Fox doesnt take pride in the directors he is supposedly accountable to, possibly because he regards them as his subordinates. Despite Freeds damning allegations, Beaumont spokesman Mark Geary ignored a request for comment. The Chief People Officer position is listed as open, indicating that Ries isnt getting the top HR job at BHSH. Despite the pandemic, which has forced Spectrum to call for military assistance to support its flagship hospital, CEO Tina Freese Decker recently disclosed that shes been focused on integrating Spectrum and Beaumont, creating Michigans biggest hospital system as well as the biggest employer. His chief marketing officer resigned last September, his CFO quit in March, his chief compliance officer left a few weeks ago, and his chief revenue officer is out the door in a few days. Fox isnt the only hospital executive looking to exploit the perception that the unvaccinated are responsible for wreaking havoc. All of Spectrums top executives are based in Grand Rapids, which is understandable since none of Foxs top lieutenants remained with the company. 'The Week That Was:' Will Kristina Karamo Seriously Damage Michigan's Republican Party? Nessels do nothing stance on healthcare matters is in sharp contrast to her Massachusetts counterpart Maura Healey, who has moved to block the expansion of Massachusetts General Brigham on the grounds it will lead to higher health care costs in that state. Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. And that has resulted in the emergency rooms of Beaumont Royal Oak and Troy becoming so overwhelmed they are unprepared to handle unexpected catastrophes required of them as regional trauma centers. The merger talking points for Beaumonts leaders includes a commitment to improve health equity. This from a healthcare company that at the height of the Michigan pandemic last yeartemporarilyclosed Beaumont Wayne, a hospital catering to economically disadvantaged individuals with little or no insurance. The rankings are based on data compiled before Beaumont Royal Oak outsourced its anesthesia services, a controversial move linked to the death of a patient undergoing a routine colonoscopy and another patient landing in the ICU because of a pain medication overdose. Eric Starkman of Los Angeles is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved.. By Eric Starkman. Spectrums financial statements indicate that cash and investments from the acquisition was $3.2 billion. 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Business Starkman: Bloodbath at Beaumont - COO Carolyn Wilson and Top Doctor Ousted; Chief Quality Officer Resigns Tweet Share July 22, 2021, 12:45 PM This columnist, a Los Angeles freelancer,. There are no bios or photos of Beaumonts other directors, and thats by intent. Even when Fox announces a merger deal with Spectrum, theres still no guarantee it will go through. Newsweek Ranks 3 Beaumont Hospitals Among Best in U.S. One Down, Three to Go. To support Deadline Detroit's independent journalism, please sign up for a $3a month membership or a one-time donation. The American Hospital Association (AHA), the trade group focused on promoting the financial interests of nonprofit hospitals and their managements, is a major lobbying force in Washington. One of the deciding factors in evaluating merging Beaumont and Spectrum will be the financial terms of the deal. That would mean there wouldnt be one senior executive from Beaumont involved in the management of the combined hospital systems. Starkman: Beaumont's FU to Metro Detroit and its Covid-19 Workers Tweet. The promised dual headquarters was also BS. At Beaumont's Royal Oak, Troy, and Grosse Pointe hospitals an elite team of more than 70 anesthesiologists trained and experienced with intubation performed all the procedures. Grand Rapids business community is small and tight knit, and Spectrum is a major employer in western Michigan. They are looking at diversity as a numbers game. Hospital prices in southeastern Michigan are among the lowest in the country, so one would have to be incredibly nave to believe Spectrums claim that its takeover will lead to more affordable care. Freed notes that Beaumont claims to have 300 days of cash on hand but doesnt have a top-tier bond rating allowing it to borrow money at the best rates. Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. To support Deadline Detroit's independent. Starkman: Beware! Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. The list goes on. Its near impossible to put a positive spin on a critical and passionate letter written by a former top executive who played a major role transforming Spectrum into a western Michigan powerhouse. Reach Eric Starkman at: eric@starkmanapproved.com. The evidence is, Spectrums previous head of diversity was Ovell Barbee, an African American, who Spectrum, Many organizations are not interested in real change, Chris Metzler, the former associate dean for human resources and diversity studies at Georgetown University,, Disparities in healthcare are typically blamed on racism of U.S. doctors and other health professionals. The nursing scholarship wont alleviate Spectrums immediate nurse staffing issues. The good news is that Beaumont isnt overrun with critically ill Covid patients, which suggests that vaccines are doing what they were intended to do: Prevent people who contract the disease from becoming critically ill and dying. Nessel also has made that claim. Starkman: Electric Vehicles and the Exploitation of Michigan Taxpayers. Although we are facing these current financial headwinds, we are confident we will continue to deliver effectively and successfully on our mission in the communities we serve in Michigan.. The resignations were due to working conditions and management dissatisfaction, not Covid. It speaks volumes that Spectrum Health CEO Tina Freese Decker and her fellow directors have chosen to get into bed with the directors who are ultimately responsible for the implosion of Beaumont Health. The merger could still fall apart if Spectrum has a top-notch duediligence team. Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. Beaumont Health CEO John Fox, the Atlanta carpetbagger who destroyed the companys flagship Royal Oak hospital while pocketing more than $20 million for himself, appears close to pulling off what he set out to do from the moment he arrived in Metro Detroit six years ago: Merging southeastern Michigans biggest hospital network out of existence. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel could also have moved to block the Spectrum deal or demanded certain concessions, but she has proven to be a regulatory lightweight, particularly on matters relating to healthcare. Spectrum, with $6.9 billion in revenues, operates 14 hospitals in the western side of the stateand has 30,000 employees. Even if the executive couldnt restore Beaumont to its former glory, he or she could at least have minimized the damage and fetched a higher price for the hospital network than whatever Fox has negotiated. A company is headquartered where the CEO is based. No doubt the pot of cash is the bait that got the merger talks going. Beaumont CFO John Kerndl Resigns, Beaumont Nurse Anesthetists Union Drive Could Save Imploding Hospital from Further Demise, Layoffs. He also noted that Beaumont received Medicare advances of $505 million in 2020 that needs to be returned this year. Fox has a change of control clause in his contract, meaning he will likely receive a lucrative exit package. When you sign the documents that will permanently change this region, your signature will forever hold you accountable for the repercussions, Freed said in a letterhe posted on LinkedIn. Hiring nurses for Henry Fords flagship Detroit hospital is a more formidable challenge because some candidates fear working in Detroit. That could further worsen Beaumonts nursing shortage. Yet neither Whitmer or Nessel demanded any diversity or health equity commitments from Spectrum as a condition of its takeover. 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Its a standard practice when companies of near comparable size combine: The company whose CEO is tapped to lead the mergedcompany agrees to have the chairman of the partner company serve as chair. The quality of care has declined to such a degree that insiders readily admit they wouldnt entrust their families care to the hospital. Spectrums joint release with Beaumont says the aim of the deal is to make health care more affordable for the communities we serve. Heres my challenge to Freese Decker: For every independent study she can come up with showing where hospital mergers resulted in more affordable care, I will come up with two showing the opposite. But ER nurses are angry with Melissa Foreman Lovell, Troys chief nursing officer, who they say rarely appears at the hospital. Thats right, CFO Matthew Cox referred to Beaumont as an acquisition, not a merger as Freese Decker and Fox led the media to believe. Its almost a mantra among Beaumont Royal Oak nurses that Henry Ford treats their nurses like royalty. Beaumont has had a contentious relationship with its Royal Oak nurses for years, prompting them to try to organize a union two years ago. Share. Starkman: Electric Vehicles and the Exploitation of Michigan Taxpayers. What, if any, role Wilson will play after the merger hasnt been disclosed. Freese Decker this week toured Beaumont Troy Hospital, and notably neither Fox nor COO Carolyn Wilson were in tow. It comes as no surprise that Spectrums takeover received the green light. As one source commented: Why doesnt the board just give Fox $25 million to go away?. Marshall is big news in Michigan these days, as the state has earmarked more than $1 billion in subsidies for Ford Motor Co. to build an electric battery plant on . Beaumont spokesman Mark Geary ignored a request for comment. Freese Deckers bio said her biggest priority is building a health system that celebrates and reinforces diversity and inclusion for employees, patients, families, and members. Yet the entire BHSH senior management team as best I can tell is as lily white as a loaf of Wonder bread. I'm officially declaring Beaumont CEO John Fox, the Atlanta carpetbagger whose greed and mismanagement destroyed Metro Detroit's biggest hospital system and put the health and safety of areas residents at risk, "The Cookie Monster." He tweeted on Thursday that he was cautiously optimistic about certain aspects of the partnership. Despite warning the pandemic would destroy U.S. hospitals, Beaumont overall had a very good year in 2020, increasing its reserve by $1 billion to $3.5 billion. Theres no prestige working at Beaumont anymore. Also, if you wish to support Deadline Detroit's. AG Dana Nessel was personally warned by Beaumont donor and former director Mark Shaevsky two years ago that Fox and his board cronies needed to be removed, but she allowed the hospital system to deteriorate, as did Michigan Gov. Fox, who has already been paid more than $20 million in compensation since joining Beaumont in 2016, potentially stands to earn tens of millions more if regulators approve Spectrums takeover. Spectrum and Beaumont are not corporate equals. Reach Eric Starkman at: eric@starkmanapproved.com. Naming Fream as chairman was done for optics, an attempt to assure Southeastern Michigan residents that their interests would be protected if Spectrum and Beaumont merge. Speaking of Oakland University, when Fox announced his ill-fated attempt to merge Beaumont into Chicago-based Advocate Aurora, one of the few benefits he touted was that Advocate Aurora had agreed to move Oakland Universitys William Beaumont School of Medicine to Beaumonts Royal Oak campus. (Deadline Detroit art work ), Starkman: Why Tree Huggers Must Save This Small Town in Michigan From Ford, 'Detroit In Black And White:' Why We Got Kicked Off 910 AM, Randy Wimbley Leaving Fox 2 After a Decade on the Air. As an example of their power and influence, they have managed to derail enforcement of rules the Trump Administration issued requiring hospitals to be transparent about their prices. By that measure Fox, Wilson, and Wood have poor performance scorecards. Lina Khan of the Federal Trade Commission, Hospital prices in southeastern Michigan are among the lowest in the country, so one would have to be incredibly nave to believe Spectrums claim that its takeover will lead to more affordable care. Freed doesnt disclose his hunch about Beaumonts financials, which received less oversight than he possibly knows. Freese Decker is likely assured a big pay increase and bonus. Spectrums CEO Freese Decker joined Spectrum in 2002 as an administrative fellow, a program designed to train masters level graduates the administrative aspects of a healthcare facility. More importantly, I doubt that Spectrums doctors would feel the need to circumvent management in the first place. Studies show that when hospitals combine, healthcare prices increase while patient quality declines. Starkman: Why Beaumont's John Fox Could Haul More Than $30 Million Back to Atlanta Tweet Share February 02, 2022, 4:58 PM Beaumont CEO John Fox The writer, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a. Reach Eric Starkman at: eric@starkmanapproved.com. 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Fox trumpeted the deal as a win for Southeastern Michigan because he said Advocate Aurora would invest $1 billion to move the William Beaumont Medical School in Rochester to the Royal Oak campus and upgrade Beaumonts technology. Copyrightdocument.write(new Date().getFullYear());Deadline Detroit, Inc. - All Rights Reserved, Michael Freed doesn't "see any value in this merger. That Fream will serve as chair of the board overseeing a combined Spectrum and Beaumont is a disgrace and underscores Michigans poor leadership. To support Deadline Detroit's independent journalism, please sign up for a $3a month membership or a one-time donation. Also fostering ill will is Beaumonts mandate requiring that all employees be vaccinated or be fired. Beaumont Royal Oak is a Level I regional hospital, which according to the American Trauma Society means it is required to have 24/7 staffing available to provide total care for every aspect of injury from prevention through rehabilitation. I expect Fox to promote the deal as a merger of equals and its possible the Beaumont name could be retained in some capacity, but dont be fooled: The combination is Foxs Hail Mary attempt to cash out and distract from the extensive damage his leadership has caused. Beaumont nurses and nurse anesthetists quit in droves, joining staffing agencies that paid them more money and ensured them better working conditions. Whats notable about the joint announcement and Beaumonts internal communications is whats missing. The writer, a Los Angeles freelancer and formerDetroit News business reporter, blogs atStarkman Approved. Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. Its Beaumonts attempt to mislead southeastern Michigan residents that they arent losing a local institution. Though a far cry from what Beaumont Health was before CEO John Fox and COO Carolyn Wilson arrived, Spectrum is a quality healthcare company overseen by a responsible board comprised of directors who are pillars of western Michigans business communities. But unlike Beaumont, Henry Fords staffing issues arent due to mismanagement. Spectrum CEO Tina Freese Decker will lead the combined company. Eric Starkman of Los Angeles is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved. Despite these challenges, our team members continued to provide nationally recognized health care and we were able to make new investments in the market and bring on new talent, Spectrum said. It appears that Beaumont Health CEO John Fox won't be bundling his millions and bidding Michigan goodbye as soon as he hoped. A lifelong Michigander with an impressive background, Barbee resigned in October to join Indiana University Health as head of HR. 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