re: Ochsner to layoff 2% of its workforce today

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For many years the medical system was composed of private practice physicians with hospital privileges. They saw patients in their clinic and made rounds in the hospital. Then the government injected tons of money and said “know what we will pay you more for outpatient treatment in a hospital than in a private clinic” this drove hospitals to hire doctors and build massive systems. That is now all starting fail. So I’d say your assumption and conclusion are completely incorrect.

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This has exactly nothing to do with the fact that physicians are not taught business while in school. And hospital admins in general have formal business education.

Ehh the costs of everything is going up, companies will have to make adjustments. But hey, free healthcare for all!

Also frick em, I couldnt go see my dermatologist that worked for them because I wasnt vaccinated.

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Tell me you can’t read without telling me.

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Funny that you arent saying they werent dancing during the deadliest pandemic ever with bodies being stacked like firewood.

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This has exactly nothing to do with the fact that physicians are not taught business while in school. And hospital admins in general have formal business education.

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Also nothing having to do with that fact:


Physician-run hospitals tend to perform better

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Hopeful Doc

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Something tells me you know exactly what's going on. Even though you won't admit it because you tend to pop into threads like this and speak in a cryptic code, I bet you know that cutting rank and file en masse frees up Oschner to then bring on a boatload of physicians for the massive benefits under one umbrella, then in turn Oschner will be gobbling up their next prey like a physicians owned Women's and Children's for example. It's why you're latching on to the physicians-run link when you know there are deeper ulterior motives at play.

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There are too many VPs and unnecessary management positions. Also people getting paid to do nothing. They should have done this a while back.

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If they did enough of this, there would be money available for appropriate direct patient care staffing e.g. safe nursing-patient ratios, and more nurses aides.

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Is that good in Louisiana? That's base pay in Texas, Georgia, and Florida...

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In south east LA I know NP’s that start at $80k so $160k in this area is pretty good.

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Doctors are good at quality care, making a financially stable product not so much

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It is difficult for these two to co-exist in today's environment. Everybody is chasing the margins they made 20 years ago. Ain't happening today.

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Any system is better than their system.

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The dumbest thing I've ever read.