Comments on: “Non-profit” except for those at the top

By: Independence from quasi-government

Independence from quasi-government — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:16:04 +0000

[...] with a private insurance company to distribute tax dollars to the poor- the private company pays its CEO $3 million a year. Yet, no government executive would make [...]

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By: OH-3 Join me as I collect signatures.

OH-3 Join me as I collect signatures. — Fri, 21 May 2010 11:09:39 +0000

[...] inserted themselves like crooks asking for a “scrape” of your health care costs- to pay for million dollar paychecks. It’s posts like this- that separate me from every other politician- and let me tell you- [...]

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By: Who’s the criminal? SCLC, Montgomery County, Caresource?

Who’s the criminal? SCLC, Montgomery County, Caresource? — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:01:08 +0000

[...] years- without any second look by the people who handed him these contracts- he has taken less than Pam Morris, CEO of CareSource took home in one year as “compensation” for overseeing the distribution of tax dollars [...]

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By: GladGirl

GladGirl — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:37:57 +0000

Let’s hear what the Regions Leader’s President and Chief Executive Officer Mary Boosalis is raking in.
This in a year where even the annual employee holiday dinner was cancelled after more than 30 years. A once a year freakin’ free holiday meal in the cafeteria. The little “bonus” GONE.
BUT, guess who eats free in the MVH cafeteria every week? The Oakwood and Beavercreek football teams, courtesy of the sports medicine center. I sleep so much better at night knowing those poor kids get free meals. I’m sure the Boosalis twins don’t even notice the signage when they look for mom in the bleachers when they play in Miami Valley Hospital Stadium in Beavercreek.

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By: jstults

jstults — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:24:09 +0000

I find it funny that one of their ‘competitive advantages’ is

…a thorough understanding of Medicaid, Medicare, and the associated regulatory environments…
CareSource, Health Plans

A competitive advantage created solely through the enormous complexity of the government regulations (if they weren’t complex and unwieldy then understanding them wouldn’t be a significant barrier to entry). These are the market distorting effects that get free-marketeers riled up.

The creation of little cottage industries like these when big gov does big things is a drag on our economy. Instead of being employed in creating wealth, CareSource folks are employed in understanding our increasingly complex entitlement services regulatory environment. That’ll help us be more competitive in the global marketplace! What? You mean there’s no export market for Medicaid regulatory expertise?

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By: Greg Hunter

Greg Hunter — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:34:46 +0000

How childish and immature of Tom Breitenbach and Premier.

Yes maybe he can check himself into the Mayo Clinic to understand that he has NPD. Poor little Tommy as we should all feel sorry for him as its causes are clearly not his fault.

Some evidence links the cause to a dysfunctional childhood, such as excessive pampering, extremely high expectations, abuse or neglect. Other evidence points to genetics or psychobiology — the connection between the brain and behavior and thinking.

Of course a large corporation that benefits from people not walking, riding or being in shape would look for any excuse NOT to fund and initiative that would limit the future supply of patients. The truth always hurts and poor little Tommy is no different than most of the CEOs in America. They all feel like they are doing God’s Work. Unbelievable, but there are plenty “supposed good people” that support these people by working for them and turning a blind eye because they are supported and loved by the community. I remember a country that thought like that at one time….

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By: jay madewell

jay madewell — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:09:50 +0000

good work, david- keep fighting the good fight.

i agree, that there would be plently of money for healthcare for everyone if things were run efficiently.

eat the rich.

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By: David Esrati

David Esrati — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:02:28 +0000

@Allison and SheliaO- Ah, but that’s the thing: the big corporations are done pretending that they care about the citizens- it’s every man for himself- because “Obamacare” may shoot the goose that’s been laying their golden nest eggs.

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By: SheliaO

SheliaO — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:50:52 +0000

Ironic that a company that you would think would like to project a “caring for the citizens” facade declined an opportunity that could be (on one hand) considered helping the healthcare of the citizens.

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By: Allison

Allison — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:40:14 +0000

How childish and immature of Tom Breitenbach and Premier. Too bad they basically hold a monopoly on the area hospitals, or I would boycott them.

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By: David Esrati

David Esrati — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:10:51 +0000

@jstults thank you for the Chesterton… and, the good thing is it sparked an idea of a different kind of sponsor. Already have the gears in motion.

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By: jstults

jstults — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:39:51 +0000

David:

…yours truly is hanging his butt out for trouble…

After you posted your “no thanks” response from Premier, I thought of this:

I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.
– G.K. Chesterton

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By: David Lauri

David Lauri — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:23:40 +0000

Bummer about Premier Health Partners not wanting to sponsor B-Cycle. Perhaps you should ask Pamela Morris if she can spare anything from her multi-million dollar salary.

I find it interesting that although CareSource is the largest Medicaid plan in Ohio, Morris’s pay puts her at “the third lowest among Ohio’s seven major Medicaid plans.”

I guess there are four other Ohio Medicaid CEOs you could be hitting up for B-Cycle sponsorships.

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By: David Esrati

David Esrati — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:00:13 +0000

Didn’t take long for Premier to send a message:

David:

Tom Breitenbach has asked me to be the lead person on this project. After discussing it with our executive leadership team and with our marketing staff, I regret to inform you that we are not interested in serving as a sponsor and/or underwriting the Bike Share program.

Julie

Julie Liss-Katz

Director, Public Affairs

Premier Health Partners

One Wyoming Street

Dayton, OH 45409

937-208-2043

FAX 937-208-6233

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By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:41:14 +0000

@Steve
If they’re still using paper than they’re doing it wrong!
In all seriousness though I have worked in the Public and Private sector and from what I have seen nothing is more bureaucratic and ass-backwards than a large corporation. I’m sure CareSource is only efficient at one thing, funneling money to it’s executives and stockholders.

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By: Steve Varner

Steve Varner — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:50:00 +0000

People are free to make however much money they can. I don’t know anything about what she does or the internal workings of Caresource, but if they think she’s worth that much money, then so be it. She or someone there must be pretty good at what they do if they’ve grown that much recently. They hire area people when others are letting go, and they just built one of the only new towers in the last 15 years Downtown. It’s tough to argue with someone doing so much for the area. I’m guessing this “paper pushing” company can do it a lot cheaper and more efficiently than the government could.

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By: D. Greene

D. Greene — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:03:14 +0000

from Wikipedia: “The president earns a $400,000 annual salary, along with a $50,000 annual expense account, a $100,000 non-taxable travel account and $19,000 for entertainment.”

Indeed, while the other things provided for the president cannot really be priced, from that perspective it seems especially obscene. Neurosurgeons who save lives every … See Moreday comparatively make a fraction of her public salary (and that’s not counting all the benefits SHE receives on the side or under the table). Truly frustrating.

I bet she never gets denied when she files a health insurance claim, either, and you can’t put a price on a life, even though we do it every day.

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By: truddick

truddick — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:03:16 +0000

I worked in hospitals back around 1970. The hospitals then were largely run by the medical staff, but over the course of a few years the hospital’s administrator increased in power to the point that he was directing conditions of medical care, expanding his fiefdom to include assistant administrators and a CFO (who implemented such ridiculous money-saving programs as requiring employees to return a box of exhausted ball-point pens along with each requisition for a new box).

There’s an interesting book to be written by anyone who wants to quantify the effects of administrative bloat in health care, education, and large corporations. I’ve noted elsewhere, there are more administrators in higher education now than there are full-time faculty; many university presidents are also becoming millionaires (Gordon Gee, $775K/yr. base salary). The lavish rewards for those who administer health care (either directly in facilities or indirectly through insurance) are just part of a larger trend to reward “management” that isn’t managing efficiently.

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