Tuesday, January 8, 2008

2008

Sorry that postings have been down over the past month or so...I've been looking for pertinent news to report and there's been a bit of a drought. Not much coming from the R&B, not much from the Healthcare Leadership Council, and only an ad campaign from DRMC that doesn't really address what the real community issues with LPNT are all about...

But, anyway...it's a new year and hopefully there will be some things to talk about. One interesting news item was this from WAKG:

"Danville delegate Danny Marshall doesn't want any more surprises when non-profit hospitals are sold. He's introducing a bill that would require public hearings before not-for-profit hospitals are sold to for-profit companies. That was not the case in 2005 when Lifepoint purchased Danville Regional Medical Center. Marshall says the public was not aware of the deal until Danville Regional had been sold. He says many people, like his mother-in-law, had a vested interest in the local facility. She worked at Dan River Mills for years and gave part of her payroll to support DRMC. Marshall says any public hearing on the sale of a hospital would have to be held before the local governing body. Another bill from Marshall would prevent members of a hospital's board of directors from serving on any subsequent foundation formed through proceeds realized through the sale of that hospital." (WAKG - Jan 8, 2008)

Hmmm....call me crazy, but it appears that many of us who have been posting on this board that this whole deal went down inappropriately might be on to something.

Anyway, the legislation is three years too late to help Danville, but hopefully Marshall's bill will draw attention to the issues and prevent them from happening again.

You can track Danny's legislation at http://www.richmondsunlight.com/legislator/dwmarshall/

Just as an aside...at one time it seemed as though the state attorney general had taken an interest in what was happening with the DRMC deal. Whatever happened with that?

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

If your state legislator is introducing two bills to prevent a repeat of what happened in your community, doesn't it seem like there is a MUCH bigger story here that is not being told?
Why is the local media reporting this information at face value only? Are they seriously held captive by the amount of ad spending that DRMC makes with their newspaper, radio or TV station.
And, like SE, I wondered back then why the attorney general was interested in what was happening here....even to the point of placing a representative on the second iteration of the community leadership group (we're on #3 now, correct?)
There is something happening here that is big...and it's not just in the imaginations of a few disgruntled employees as some who post on this board would have you believe.
There is a real crisis happening at DRMC...and thanks to the lack of transparency in the community, no one outside the walls believes it is going on (unless, that is, your family member is the one that can't get their surgery in time due to physician scheduling problems or stays on an understaffed floor or tries to get answers about DRMC's labyrintine billing process).

Don't relax about this situation yet.

Anonymous said...

I think there are plenty people paying attention still, but things have gotten quiet. This could be good or could be bad, don't really know. I still hear things are being looked at or monitored, but is this a stalling tactic used by certain people and organizations to keep things at the status quo? Also this whole legislation thing, it is a reaction by a politician to save face. We need people in positions that are not politcally motivated or in other words after power or status.

Anonymous said...

I for one applaud Danny for his legislation. Waiting until after re-election may have been a political move, but the wording in the article and statements from him are a slap in the face to the boys at the bank, no other way to spin it. He is saying selling the hospital the way they did was wrong, and placing themselves as custodians of the procedes was wrong. Many of us have said this in the past, but he is the first dignitary to go public with this view.
At least now these clowns will be under more of a microscope (if they could ever even get into another position of power after this fiasco).

Anonymous said...

" Also this whole legislation thing, it is a reaction by a politician to save face."

Interesting outlook...

I for one see it as a positive step and one in the spirit of learning from something that happened to his constituents (that even he couldn't influence) and using his position to prevent the same thing from happening to other localities in the commonwealth. If passed, it shows the legislature as a watchdog for the healthcare consumers in its communities. It also may help other states step up and watch over for-profit transactions such as this.

If nothing else, it helps to shine some light on business deals such as the DRMC-LPNT sale and their true impact on the community.

And, I wonder if it might have been Delegate Marshall who asked the attorney general's office to take a look at the deal.

Follow the progress of HB1037 and see where it goes. Kudos to Marshall for being the sole patron on it.

Anonymous said...

"We need people in positions that are not politcally motivated or in other words after power or status."

Then I highly recommend that fine upstanding citizens like yourself join a PAC or even run for office. Do not be a part of the silent majority who complain how those politicos wield their influence.

http://www.sbe.state.va.us/cms
/Cidate_Information/Index.html

Anonymous said...

You have to wonder how much money the boys will throw at Mr. Tomer at the next election. I'm sure Mr. Marshall is now on their target list. Kudo's to him for taking this stand.

Anonymous said...

In light of what has already taken place, this is not going to do a darn thing for the situation at drmc. I didn't say it was a bad bill, it is just to late for this area. Also, why did it take almost three years for this bill to be introduced? The damage is done. If you guys want to drink the politician Kool-Aid, be my guest.

Anonymous said...

"If you guys want to drink the politician Kool-Aid, be my guest."

So, how would one propose a bill to prevent something happening until one has knowledge of that thing happening, and the resultant damage?

Following your kool-aid theory, what does Marshall stand to gain personally by introducing this bill?

And, to your point "this is not going to do a darn thing for the situation at drmc"...I believe that was noted in almost all of the discussion so far about Marshall's bill. The bill, if it survives and passes, would only prevent a similar debacle from happening elsewhere in Virginia.

And, perhaps it will open people's eyes here in Danville to the need for proper due diligence in the future.

Finally..."the damage is done.". You are very correct my friend.

Anonymous said...

The bill is fine. Great .I hope it makes it.

but ..... a very little research BEFORE (if it hadn't been hidden)the sale would have shown and DID show that lifepoint was before the sale and is after the sale a PATHETIC company....In every state they are in they ruin the medical system

Anonymous said...

"a very little research BEFORE (if it hadn't been hidden)the sale would have shown and DID show that lifepoint was before the sale and is after the sale a PATHETIC company...."

amen, amen, amen and amen.

Hindsight = 20/20 unfortunately

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