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In light of the government’s recently released study showing wide disparities in charges among hospitals, is any media outlet here (MX, Citizen-Times) doing a comparative study of what the same procedures cost at Mission and other area hospitals? This would be valuable to health consumers.
Hospital administrators sure do love their cranes. But Mission’s on a… mission to gobble up everything it can in WNC, partly to stave off bigger hospital groups further east, partly because it means they can bill for specialist treatment at hospital rates. A shame that it’ll mean more out-of-pocket costs for patients, even those with insurance.
I think you nailed the reason for all this hospital expansion. For whatever reason, hospitals are allowed to bill much higher rates for the services otherwise offered at independent medical offices.
This runup in the amount of money flowing through the healthcare business has all the hallmarks of a boom, and every boom is sooner or later followed by a bust. Hopefully all this construction won’t leave the area’s main medical facility saddled with huge debts it can’t pay back when the bubble bursts.
Exactly. And a word to the wise: if you’re getting specialist treatment at one of Mission’s “affiliates”, avoid sticker shock by calling up ahead of time to see whether it’s going to be billed at hospital rates.
Charming reply.
hey i think you were told to fuck off
“This information has not been confirmed.”
But hey, why not post it anyway?
Exactly. Because I know it’s true. Fuck off.
/applause
This is a joke right? I mean no one would take this unprofessional ” journalism” to heart.
They have business operations spread out all over town – may be a chance to consolidate those.
The plans are to move operations to the Mission side of the campus … what will happen to the St. Joe side of things …
I have worked at Mission for 5 years and have always been told that the St. Joseph’s campus will become administrative offices and in-patient services (doctor’s offices, exam rooms) that require little or no interaction with the in-patient services across the street.
The St. joseph building is to be torn down. Had heard it before and then it was in the paper not long ago.