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Patrick J. Pine's avatar

This is an excellent summary. We still use RBP for hospitals/ASCs with some exceptions. And we have saved millions. But years after we started we still fight with the same hospitals who mainly based in northern California - and we do not see such resistance in southern California or Texas or Arizona (minor exceptions). What is disappointing is the some of the worst are not only nonprofit but they are ostensibly part of the state government.

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Craig Gottwals's avatar

Thanks Patrick. What you've done with your plan over the years is inspirational, my friend. Cudos!

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Patrick J. Pine's avatar

Would be interested in your comments on the hospitals the California Office of Health Care Affordability identified as the highest priced from about 400 general hospitals (specialty hospitals were not included in the analysis). Those are:

The California Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) has identified several hospitals as high-cost, including: Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Doctor's Medical Center (Modesto), Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz), Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Stanford Health Care (Palo Alto), and Washington Hospital (Fremont). These hospitals have been targeted for limits on cost growth to address concerns about high healthcare costs.

Some are nonprofit. None are in southern California (except Santa Barbara Cottage perhaps). Three are located in the Monterey/Salinas/Santa Cruz region.

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Mark J's avatar

What's "non-BUCA"? My acronym machine is on the fritz...

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Craig Gottwals's avatar

Ha. Sorry about that. BUCA stands for the Blues, UnitedHealthcare, Cigna & Aetna.

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