CBA Florida Inc. (fka CBAI)

[dianebRN]

Great pic. I continue to be bothered by this Pharma and HCA thing. Putting CBAI aside, I fear HC reform making a wrong turn with that statement. Wish I could think of a good parallel in the business world. Problem with HCA and it's credibility in the hospital industry is the perception of poor quality and tendency to think they can make money and cut corners while the rest of us poor suckers are trying to take good care of patients and develop a reputation on our patient outcomes.

Within the past year or two hospitals were mandated to report their outcomes in several key areas in order to receive CMS funding, Medicare reimbursement etc. Examples are Survival to discharge from heart attack, rate of readmission within xx days, Central Line Blood Stream Infection rates CLABSI. Things such as Patient Falls, Restraint use etc. also monitored. I tried to look for HCA Report Card, as it is known but couldn't find it last night. Will try later. Gov mandates Report Card be made public but they don't mandate it has to be easy to find. Good Report Cards easy to find like Johns Hopkins. Anyway, I would like to compare a few to HCA if I can find the darn thing. Later.