Catch up quickly on the KVHD news: February board meeting this Wednesday

What's going on at the hospital?

News birds tweet that our friends from Cal Mtg. are planning to arrange a deal of some sort with the hospital. I have scant details, but if it doesn't involve splitting the costs, then it doesn't do it for me.

Cal Mtg. has done some really interesting financial arrangements with KVHD CFO Chet Beedle.(remember from December, we all have to treat Chet with a "positive" manner and he will then allow you to have answers to questions. I know, but it's his hospital, not yours, unless you want to get involved.)

For instance the refinance in 2003, where KVHD borrowed money to pay the total cost of premiums for the Cal Mtg. pseudo insurance. The savings annually were minimal, but happily Cal Mtg. got all their money up front. And they extended the debt too.

ABSOLUTELY NOT!

According to finance manager Chet Beedle all his figures are ALWAYS correct. He has done nothing wrong. Even when CEO Tim McGlew asked on film about a small error, "remember Chet" the CFO emphatically said, "ABSOLUTELY NOT."

That may not be exactly true as now even the locals who know little of the intricacies of healthcare finance, found a $75,000 error which is on film, as the CEO, somehow found it after six months of asking.

But what makes the error so intriguing, is that it was in June of 2010, and was about to slip away in the fiscal year begining in July, therefore it would never have been found. So, they have some extra money?

What and where will we find this extra money and does everyone deserve a bit as it was about to disappear? And we have extra money from HFS the management company who did a small audit and according to Tim McGlew, only charged 37,000,, not the original $75,000.

Dr. Robert Gross DO, told the public there were "giant holes" in this report which had to be repaired by those on the finance committee. (which is strange because the finance committee didn't seem to fix any of the other holes or problems: they must have been inspired)

Gross elaborated on the performance of HFS, the company which found the problems at Sierra Kings District Hospital in Reedley caused by KHVD former CEO, Pamela Ott. Ott got into the GOB money from that area as well as using employee pension funds these workers will now never realize after their years of work.
(I wrote a letter of apology for our sloppy, inadequate, response to the CEO with her false credentials to "The Reedley Exponent" newspaper as this town let her go to destroy another town rather than manage our own problems. I know none of you meant it...so I apologized for you)

Back to HFS and their disasterous "review" of the hospital. Gross was explaining the reason he would not vote in HFS for a strategic planning company was that if he could not trust they do the tiny job of reviewing hospital finance, that he would not allow them to be in charge of the future of the district.

Makes sense, if only it were true. Duped again Doc.

I will post the transcript of this from the meeting and you will see that the CFO and CEO responded in an almost nonsensical manner after Gross made his statements. My sense is Dr. Gross may have been slightly mislead. Or he's a liar.

We can't do it by ourselves, Mommy

Strategic planning, Philps, the winner of the...contract who applied, according to Tim Mcglew on video, for a grant to get the job. McGlew said this initiative is what made him "recommend" the group for the job...what job?

There's two questions up in the air: why did Philps get the chance for grant money before they were even in front of the board members? And if as Chet Beedle said, they used SCHP monies to pay for Philps, the made a decision prior to a board vote. Oh, that's right, the board votes on things it knows nothing about, I forgot, sorry.

Then I've heard Philps is only the front runner not the strategic planning company, so more money will be expended.

Here at KVHD we have to accept these explanations or we are chastised. Sorry but these leaders never stretch the truth, such as the group of CEO's Tim Mcglew refers to as his barometer for small rural hospitals.

And when I complained about these new generic medications which don't even resemble the medications we were recieving happily and readily last year at Mt. Mesa Clinical Pharmacy, before it was reported closing before a financial report was ever concieved to decide.

Tim McGlew repeated what Chet Beedle had told me, that it wasn't their fault, it was "Cardinal Healthcare."

I guess it must be so. It's never their fault. Cardinal might have another take, but our people are completely honest and it must be that company who did it. Not our administration.

Oh, yeah, one more thing: you know that $800,000 Chet reported he recieved as part of the controversial AB1383? He knew it was coming when they put "Measure G" the tax hike on the ballot. All small hospitals got it, and they didn't have to do anything, yet on video Chet sure seems pleased. Maybe now we can be kinder to him and give him back his free housing as we don't want him commuting from Apple Valley where his family awaits and getting stressed out having to answer to precocious teenagers.

I wonder if we will ever see an attorney other than board counsel Scott Nave, and the bond counsel for the failed GOB?

We know Cal Mtg. is now doing something, but not the right thing. I think we need to look more into anything they are doing...or at least somebody should. I mean to keep us from our constitutional rights is rather strong wouldn't you say?

But then the KVHD board and administrators kept "all our financial options" outside of reach and only allowed what the "moral majority" I now call the "Fab Four" and the "darn it duo."

What laws?

Meeting: Wed. 5:30 pm in hospital cafeteria next door to nursing home dining room. Have fun!