Health Care Blog August 15, 2019
Joe Flower

Did you catch that headline a few weeks back?

An official of a health system in North Carolina sent an email to the entire board of the North Carolina State Health Plan calling them a bunch of “sorry SOBs” who would “burn in hell” after they “bankrupt every hospital in the state.”

Wow. He sounds rather upset. He sounds angry and afraid. He sounds surprised, gobsmacked, face-palming.

Bless his heart. I get it, I really do. Well, I get the fear and pain. Here’s what I don’t get: the surprise, the tone of, “This came out of nowhere! Why didn’t anyone tell us this was coming?”

Brother, we did. We have been. As loudly as we can. For years.

Two...

Today's Sponsors

LEK
ZeOmega

Today's Sponsor

LEK

 
Topics: Employer, Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Payment Models, Provider, Trends
Major health insurance companies are nearing too big to fail status
Elevance Health sees double-digit profit growth in Q1, posting $2.2 B in earnings
Elevance Health posts $2.2B profit in Q1
Elevance Health Boosts Behavioral Health Biz with $740M State Contracts
Elevance's Healths new $4B primary care venture: 5 things to know

Share This Article