The Summary
The Four Corners Health Partners (FCHP) was a company that buys up health facilities in Colorado and the company was expanding into other areas of the country. A proposal for the County Hospital to turn over the management of the hospital to FCHP prompted the county commissioner to ask the board of physicians for their recommendations. The County Hospital Director of Medical Staff, Dr. Melvin Wood, held meetings with the Green River County Hospital Board of Physicians to discuss the issue and there was a unanimous decision to oppose the privatization. Their main reasons for the opposition were: 1.) FCHP delivers on its mission of lowering costs but it does so at the expense of patient care. 2.) FCHP has been involved in numerous scandals. 3.) Their public relations and lobbying efforts …show more content…
The range of privatization is broad, sometimes it leaves very little government involvement, and other times create partnerships between the government and the private service providers where the government still leads (privatization, 2004). In case 30, Privatization of the County Hospital, the hospital was having financial problem and the county commissioner was looking at the possibility of privatizing the hospital to the Four Corners Health Partners (FCHP), a company that buys up health facilities. The Director of Medical Staff, Dr. Melvin Wood, the leader, initially had problem to make the decision with the board of physicians whether to accept or decline the proposition. On the long run the board of physicians made a unanimous decision to oppose the privatization because of numerous reasons. However when Dr. Wood was offered a significant increase in salary, the opportunity to grow with the company, and stock options, Dr. Wood decide not emphasize on the opposition of the privatization when he sent the letter to the
The Four Corners Health Partners (FCHP) was a company that buys up health facilities in Colorado and the company was expanding into other areas of the country. A proposal for the County Hospital to turn over the management of the hospital to FCHP prompted the county commissioner to ask the board of physicians for their recommendations. The County Hospital Director of Medical Staff, Dr. Melvin Wood, held meetings with the Green River County Hospital Board of Physicians to discuss the issue and there was a unanimous decision to oppose the privatization. Their main reasons for the opposition were: 1.) FCHP delivers on its mission of lowering costs but it does so at the expense of patient care. 2.) FCHP has been involved in numerous scandals. 3.) Their public relations and lobbying efforts …show more content…
The range of privatization is broad, sometimes it leaves very little government involvement, and other times create partnerships between the government and the private service providers where the government still leads (privatization, 2004). In case 30, Privatization of the County Hospital, the hospital was having financial problem and the county commissioner was looking at the possibility of privatizing the hospital to the Four Corners Health Partners (FCHP), a company that buys up health facilities. The Director of Medical Staff, Dr. Melvin Wood, the leader, initially had problem to make the decision with the board of physicians whether to accept or decline the proposition. On the long run the board of physicians made a unanimous decision to oppose the privatization because of numerous reasons. However when Dr. Wood was offered a significant increase in salary, the opportunity to grow with the company, and stock options, Dr. Wood decide not emphasize on the opposition of the privatization when he sent the letter to the