(This is better voice related, I'll get back to you on that audios amigos)
It's like a Whose "HUGHES" of the news on elder abuse, after Gwen Hughes, the final defendant and lowest totem on the pole, recieved the stiffest sentence in the Kern Valley Healthcare District, elder abuse criminal case.
With Dr. Hoshang Pormir slipping thru the court "missedum" picking up his "not to do" list recently, followed by former KVHD CEO and political poles dancer, Pamela OTT, as she held her hand out palm side down this time to be slapped--last one out is a rotten egg.
Ott and Pormir were both sentenced on conspiracy charges (endangering public health) rather than the original elder abuse codes which were dropped in lieu of the "justice light" charges of this brigade from the California Depart-meant "to do" justice lead by Attorney General Kamala Harris.
Jerry Brown, former atturnkey General, now Governor of the state of mind that elder abuse "of the worst kind" was committed, divorced himself from those claims best used in campaigns and not court rooms.
The first two defendants were treated to a "buzz kill" or "stern talking to" before being handed over to the probation department--for three whole years. (wow) They also have to write "I will not drug and kill the elderly" four hundred times on a chalkboard.
Ouch!
There are different motivations for elder abuse, but it usually involves financial gain.
THe KVHD example of elder abuse shows there is a senior discounting on the oversight and justice par tof this bargain of a deal: protecting the innocent.
Politically motivated, Gwen Hughes, former KVHD director of Nursing, for all of six months, became a henchman for the group of administrators and board members hiding their already troubled Skilled Nursing Facility.
Evidence shows a trend toward understaffing the nursing home, which meant more infusion of cash into the operations and dehydrated patients the result.
Hughes was sentenced to three years jail time and in a few more years, as she is getting older, could be rolling to a senior living apartment near you. Though she has had to relinquish her nursing license forever more, and keep a distance of at least two bus stops and a senior center from anyone graying at the temples--WE do realize she will be aging and they won't be able to stop the potential for more senior predation.
Some people prefer to close the case, calling it just another example of lack of caring, or truth, but some never forget.
I could go on and on, and I will....in another post. I'll keep you posted for part three in the series "Whose Hughes in elder abuse."
Laura Hart-The Bi-Polar American
Persistance and Tenacity, requires a new chapter, a new beginning....
Showing posts with label CEO Pamela Ott. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CEO Pamela Ott. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Friday, June 22, 2012
They are all doing it...
The case at the Kern Valley Healthcare District is not a special situation. It is not unique. It is too familiar in that there are those who desire money, power, recognition, etc. who want to be special, are spreading rapidly all throughout our system.
They have robbed us of our trust in their deep misunderstanding of what has happened to them.
That deep deception foists itself upon us all. From our small community where some chose to ignore the growing illness or even accept it all the way to the people feeding off the top where they no longer remain hidden.
Greed has dug a hole as some are in a constant state of seeking more.
This lead Pamela Ott, former KVHD CEO, to lie and convince us that she was here at KVHD and at Sierra Kings to help make healthcare better for all.
It was a wonderful notion, but it was not her true intention.
Dr. Hoshang Pormir, was mislead and swept away by the people who would do anything to control a tiny hospital.
He left his oath as physician healer to go down this empty road.
Gwen Hughes another victim of this deceit took it upon herself to harm patients under the orders of those such as KVHD board members, Bob Jamison, Brad Armstrong, JoAnne Jones, CNO, Sharon Brucker, CFO, Chet Beedle.
Then others came such as CEO's Rick Carter and Tim McGlew. They didn't come for our benefit they came seeking their own.
Even new CNO, sold out to the false power. Mark Gordon held out as long as he could. Now it's almost impossible to get a true word from him.
But these people are truly victims of victims as on top you will find those who are prey to the fake power of control.
Jerry Brown your California Governor has been eating at the same table.
His justice could not possibly tear apart a whole system? Could he?
Only if he was in a position not in the deceit.
Could someone so entrenched in the power of deception be able to even see truth anymore?
There is only suffering for these people.
A felony for these defendants who hide in shame, is nothing compared to what these people are suffering with and will until they give it up.
I know they are not the only ones. I know this is what has happened to them. I do hope that they can recover their real truth and move forward. But these depths of untruth are difficult to navigate. The bigger it gets the more it consumes.
But that is what KVHD under Fire caused which was to expose truth to such a degree that there would be no further deception. They are duly exposed all of them from your local ER to Obama care.
Telling the truth was my service. It was NEVER a burden to carry. It freed me when it was spoken.
It is our obligation and only real tool against such corruption. SPEAK TRUTH no matter what if only for yourself.
The powers that be have admitted that there is pervasive deception and we cannot trust in them to bring us truth. We can see it and if we can we don't linger in revenge or false justice. The courts are full of untruth. They have been perverted for the sake of power.
No court can bring truth, only true hearts have it. And you know who you are.
Best to all.
They have robbed us of our trust in their deep misunderstanding of what has happened to them.
That deep deception foists itself upon us all. From our small community where some chose to ignore the growing illness or even accept it all the way to the people feeding off the top where they no longer remain hidden.
Greed has dug a hole as some are in a constant state of seeking more.
This lead Pamela Ott, former KVHD CEO, to lie and convince us that she was here at KVHD and at Sierra Kings to help make healthcare better for all.
It was a wonderful notion, but it was not her true intention.
Dr. Hoshang Pormir, was mislead and swept away by the people who would do anything to control a tiny hospital.
He left his oath as physician healer to go down this empty road.
Gwen Hughes another victim of this deceit took it upon herself to harm patients under the orders of those such as KVHD board members, Bob Jamison, Brad Armstrong, JoAnne Jones, CNO, Sharon Brucker, CFO, Chet Beedle.
Then others came such as CEO's Rick Carter and Tim McGlew. They didn't come for our benefit they came seeking their own.
Even new CNO, sold out to the false power. Mark Gordon held out as long as he could. Now it's almost impossible to get a true word from him.
But these people are truly victims of victims as on top you will find those who are prey to the fake power of control.
Jerry Brown your California Governor has been eating at the same table.
His justice could not possibly tear apart a whole system? Could he?
Only if he was in a position not in the deceit.
Could someone so entrenched in the power of deception be able to even see truth anymore?
There is only suffering for these people.
A felony for these defendants who hide in shame, is nothing compared to what these people are suffering with and will until they give it up.
I know they are not the only ones. I know this is what has happened to them. I do hope that they can recover their real truth and move forward. But these depths of untruth are difficult to navigate. The bigger it gets the more it consumes.
But that is what KVHD under Fire caused which was to expose truth to such a degree that there would be no further deception. They are duly exposed all of them from your local ER to Obama care.
Telling the truth was my service. It was NEVER a burden to carry. It freed me when it was spoken.
It is our obligation and only real tool against such corruption. SPEAK TRUTH no matter what if only for yourself.
The powers that be have admitted that there is pervasive deception and we cannot trust in them to bring us truth. We can see it and if we can we don't linger in revenge or false justice. The courts are full of untruth. They have been perverted for the sake of power.
No court can bring truth, only true hearts have it. And you know who you are.
Best to all.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
No justice for the weary: California Attorney General's office
Kamala Harris and her crew at the California Attorney General's office are probably not going to want to hear what I'm about to say.
Harris has not done anything in terms of leadership that would actually manifest as what some of us out here would call "justice."
The plea deal given Dr. Hoshang Pormir, will result in no more than probation.
The two other defendants were also given the opportunity to slide out on a "conspiracy" charge as did Pormir, but apparently they didn't take the deal.
The Kern County Superior Court calendar still shows defendants, Pamela Ott and Gwen Hughes, scheduled for a court on June 20th and the trial on June 25th.
This does not mean there will be a trial.
Harris who is in charge of justice for Californians, and someone who has said many times on the campaign trail that you don't "have to give up your principles" to be in political office, has allowed this case to slide away and out of sight.
I guess you do have to give up your principles then, as elder abuse, white collar crime, lying to a community, all things Miss Harris harped on during her campaign for attorney general in 2010, have to be thrown out to ignore a case like this one.
It's now in the hands of the civil attorneys to try and bring home the bacon for their respective plaintiffs, but in the long run, these cases merely feed the lawyers and court system.
I would like to personally apologize to the families of the victims, the employees who were fired for doing nothing more than your duty to tell the truth, and to the patients who died in an uncaring abusive environment.
I'm so sorry this "lack of justice system" has turned into the plague on our environment it really has become.
This attorney general has made a mockery of us all.
Don't forget her name, Kamala Harris. And please don't forget my friend, Governor Jerry Brown, who started the elder abuse case which he used to springboard to the governors mansion.
I'll let you know what I plan on doing about this...soon.
Harris has not done anything in terms of leadership that would actually manifest as what some of us out here would call "justice."
The plea deal given Dr. Hoshang Pormir, will result in no more than probation.
The two other defendants were also given the opportunity to slide out on a "conspiracy" charge as did Pormir, but apparently they didn't take the deal.
The Kern County Superior Court calendar still shows defendants, Pamela Ott and Gwen Hughes, scheduled for a court on June 20th and the trial on June 25th.
This does not mean there will be a trial.
Harris who is in charge of justice for Californians, and someone who has said many times on the campaign trail that you don't "have to give up your principles" to be in political office, has allowed this case to slide away and out of sight.
I guess you do have to give up your principles then, as elder abuse, white collar crime, lying to a community, all things Miss Harris harped on during her campaign for attorney general in 2010, have to be thrown out to ignore a case like this one.
It's now in the hands of the civil attorneys to try and bring home the bacon for their respective plaintiffs, but in the long run, these cases merely feed the lawyers and court system.
I would like to personally apologize to the families of the victims, the employees who were fired for doing nothing more than your duty to tell the truth, and to the patients who died in an uncaring abusive environment.
I'm so sorry this "lack of justice system" has turned into the plague on our environment it really has become.
This attorney general has made a mockery of us all.
Don't forget her name, Kamala Harris. And please don't forget my friend, Governor Jerry Brown, who started the elder abuse case which he used to springboard to the governors mansion.
I'll let you know what I plan on doing about this...soon.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
California Department of Public Health surprise move to deregulate Nursing Home industry...
I currently have a call in to the Department of Public Health
asking for a response to a very shocking but yet inexplicable story on
the part of the agency to drastically reduce oversight in state nursing
homes.
The story coming from the CANHR website, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, www.canhr.org/, reports that DPH attempted to get a measure passed that would reduce oversight in hospitals but the reduction in monitoring nursing homes would have been extensive.
It included removing time lines for inspections on licensing, as well as in the cases of claims of dangerous conditions, imminent death, would no longer have to investigated within 24 hours. These are only a few of the radical changes listed in the CANHR article.
The article reported that the measure was pushed through the budget committee rather than the normal legislative channels as it was being called an "efficiency" plan.
According to the article the measure would do egregious harm to the reform that has taken place over the last 30 years. Such surprising items as "informed consent" and theft provisions would have been placed outside the scope of DPH's responsibility.
The strange part of the story is that the Senate Budget sub-committee and Assembly are to have indicated these cuts would not save money. There are no specifics on how much money the cuts were supposed to have garnered, but the services to elderly residents throughout the state would most certainly have been impaired.
The CANHR article represents that the measure put forth by DPH was of a "sudden" nature and the people in the business of rallying and supporting the elderly came together quickly to quash the destructive cuts which could cause deleterious effects on the whole nursing home industry.
Quick call to DPH
With Governor Jerry Brown slashing the state budget as the deficit has been upgraded to 16 billion recently, so the move on the part of DPH should be an interesting story, as Brown continues to threaten to cut what are considered necessary services, such as nursing home oversight.
However, the surprising part of this situation is why DPH would move so quickly, under the radar, to get such a bill passed? This would be front page news, but somehow it got left on the back burner. I'll wait for my answers from DPH before I speculate too much.
I made a call to DPH public relations to see if I could get a response to this startling article and I did manage to speak to a young man who promises that someone will address the claims in the CANHR article.
What makes me wonder about this whole situation is that the PR guy who will be calling me back, said he knew nothing about this. I would imagine that it would be the most controversial bill to date for DPH, but he knew nothing?
Basically, this was an attempt to stop DPH from policing, being responsible for the care of elderly patients around the state.
Who would be in charge if DPH manages to challenge this recent decision and go forth with a similar measure or bill?
I'm not against a citizen's group overseeing the nursing homes as I think they would be far more effective in enforcing the hospitals to follow procedures known to keep people safe and comfortable.
But why so quickly and why doesn't the public relations department even know?
KVHD Elder Abuse Trial
Next month marks almost five years since the allegations of short staffing and elder abuse took place in the Kern Valley Healthcare District skilled nursing facility.
With a former CEO who had false credentials to a tax measure with faulty architectural plans, to cries for help from staff, this trial will represent the willingness of the state to hold some KVHD leaders accountable for the deaths and mistreatment of its residents.
Not only that but this trial will be a litmus test as DPH wants to curtail it's oversight, but does that leave Kamala Harris and the Attorney General's office to intervene? It was Jerry Brown, formerly the AG, and the Department of Justice who opened up the investigation into KVHD.
DPH records found serious problems at least a year before the DOJ came to KVHD. But there were no alarms going off or efforts to make changes. DPH accepted KVHD corrective measures.
The KVHD elder abuse trial is scheduled for June 25th at the Kern Country Superior court. Defendants, Pamela Ott, Dr. Hoshang Pormir and Gwen Hughes, all have public defenders, though at one time, Pormir had high powered attorney, Donald Etra. Ott was also given 25K dollars in a 3 to 2 vote by KVHD board members.
DPH and KVHD
Considering the lackluster job done by DPH surrounding the investigation into the claims during 2006 that KVHD was short staffed, one has to wonder if they are so incompetent, how much worse would it be without them?
We will find out a month from now whether there should be consideration of removing the cronyism that is DPH and finding a more effective way to monitor elder care. If the elder abuse trial turns into a sinking ship, then it could be time to find a more efficacious way to protect our older, disabled citizens.
DPH had cited KVHD a year before the use of psychotropic drugs for the use of "physical restraining." They were also written up for having patients with severe weight loss and dehydration.
Those citations did nothing to stop them from medicating patients without permission, the records show that in 2007, KVHD simply stopped the physical restraints and switched to using primarily psychotropic drugs. These drugs often make patients drowsy and easier to manage, requiring less staff.
Links to DPH measure
The measure has so far been defeated, but Patricia McGinnis with CANHR, said she expects to see it back on the table in the future, but with the confidence that it will be voted down again.
"We plan to not let it go through," the nursing home advocate protested.
http://www.canhr.org/newsroom/newdev_archive/2012/DPH_Proposal_EX-01.pdf
http://www.canhr.org/newsroom/newdev_archive/2012/DPH_CANHR_Letter_Opp.pdf
http://www.canhr.org/newsroom/newdev_archive/2012/DPH_SenateBudgetSubCommitAnalysis.pdf
The story coming from the CANHR website, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, www.canhr.org/, reports that DPH attempted to get a measure passed that would reduce oversight in hospitals but the reduction in monitoring nursing homes would have been extensive.
It included removing time lines for inspections on licensing, as well as in the cases of claims of dangerous conditions, imminent death, would no longer have to investigated within 24 hours. These are only a few of the radical changes listed in the CANHR article.
The article reported that the measure was pushed through the budget committee rather than the normal legislative channels as it was being called an "efficiency" plan.
According to the article the measure would do egregious harm to the reform that has taken place over the last 30 years. Such surprising items as "informed consent" and theft provisions would have been placed outside the scope of DPH's responsibility.
The strange part of the story is that the Senate Budget sub-committee and Assembly are to have indicated these cuts would not save money. There are no specifics on how much money the cuts were supposed to have garnered, but the services to elderly residents throughout the state would most certainly have been impaired.
The CANHR article represents that the measure put forth by DPH was of a "sudden" nature and the people in the business of rallying and supporting the elderly came together quickly to quash the destructive cuts which could cause deleterious effects on the whole nursing home industry.
Quick call to DPH
With Governor Jerry Brown slashing the state budget as the deficit has been upgraded to 16 billion recently, so the move on the part of DPH should be an interesting story, as Brown continues to threaten to cut what are considered necessary services, such as nursing home oversight.
However, the surprising part of this situation is why DPH would move so quickly, under the radar, to get such a bill passed? This would be front page news, but somehow it got left on the back burner. I'll wait for my answers from DPH before I speculate too much.
I made a call to DPH public relations to see if I could get a response to this startling article and I did manage to speak to a young man who promises that someone will address the claims in the CANHR article.
What makes me wonder about this whole situation is that the PR guy who will be calling me back, said he knew nothing about this. I would imagine that it would be the most controversial bill to date for DPH, but he knew nothing?
Basically, this was an attempt to stop DPH from policing, being responsible for the care of elderly patients around the state.
Who would be in charge if DPH manages to challenge this recent decision and go forth with a similar measure or bill?
I'm not against a citizen's group overseeing the nursing homes as I think they would be far more effective in enforcing the hospitals to follow procedures known to keep people safe and comfortable.
But why so quickly and why doesn't the public relations department even know?
KVHD Elder Abuse Trial
Next month marks almost five years since the allegations of short staffing and elder abuse took place in the Kern Valley Healthcare District skilled nursing facility.
With a former CEO who had false credentials to a tax measure with faulty architectural plans, to cries for help from staff, this trial will represent the willingness of the state to hold some KVHD leaders accountable for the deaths and mistreatment of its residents.
Not only that but this trial will be a litmus test as DPH wants to curtail it's oversight, but does that leave Kamala Harris and the Attorney General's office to intervene? It was Jerry Brown, formerly the AG, and the Department of Justice who opened up the investigation into KVHD.
DPH records found serious problems at least a year before the DOJ came to KVHD. But there were no alarms going off or efforts to make changes. DPH accepted KVHD corrective measures.
The KVHD elder abuse trial is scheduled for June 25th at the Kern Country Superior court. Defendants, Pamela Ott, Dr. Hoshang Pormir and Gwen Hughes, all have public defenders, though at one time, Pormir had high powered attorney, Donald Etra. Ott was also given 25K dollars in a 3 to 2 vote by KVHD board members.
DPH and KVHD
Considering the lackluster job done by DPH surrounding the investigation into the claims during 2006 that KVHD was short staffed, one has to wonder if they are so incompetent, how much worse would it be without them?
We will find out a month from now whether there should be consideration of removing the cronyism that is DPH and finding a more effective way to monitor elder care. If the elder abuse trial turns into a sinking ship, then it could be time to find a more efficacious way to protect our older, disabled citizens.
DPH had cited KVHD a year before the use of psychotropic drugs for the use of "physical restraining." They were also written up for having patients with severe weight loss and dehydration.
Those citations did nothing to stop them from medicating patients without permission, the records show that in 2007, KVHD simply stopped the physical restraints and switched to using primarily psychotropic drugs. These drugs often make patients drowsy and easier to manage, requiring less staff.
Links to DPH measure
The measure has so far been defeated, but Patricia McGinnis with CANHR, said she expects to see it back on the table in the future, but with the confidence that it will be voted down again.
"We plan to not let it go through," the nursing home advocate protested.
http://www.canhr.org/newsroom/newdev_archive/2012/DPH_Proposal_EX-01.pdf
http://www.canhr.org/newsroom/newdev_archive/2012/DPH_CANHR_Letter_Opp.pdf
http://www.canhr.org/newsroom/newdev_archive/2012/DPH_SenateBudgetSubCommitAnalysis.pdf
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
what a strange trip it's been...and still is!
Some things are ridiculous...
Since the 2006/2007 KVHD elder abuse case flopped on it's face last year we now get to see such players as Pam Ott gassing up her diesel truck at Costco. Perhaps on her way to work. Where does one who is charged with eight counts of criminal elder abuse happen to be employed?
The California Department of Justice initially overlooked Ott as a defendant in their case in 2009. The DOJ hauled in three other defendants in February of that year, but Ott get caught at the helm of a sinking ship at Sierra Kings District Hospital in Reedley.
As I've stated repeatedly, Ott as CEO, left Sierra Kings at the edge of bankruptcy, and others allege she took money from that hospital's General Obligation Bond money along with employee pensions! That's big time crime from a small town criminal. I would have hoped the Fresno DA would have been more open to getting a case together. Ott slipped out of that noose too!
More tales of the bizarre that the three elder abuse defendants, a doctor, a nurse, and a CEO, all seem to have been able to gain employment back into the business they failed: healthcare.
Others who were scapegoats or simply run under the KVHD bus, have not fared as well as their former employers.
What we have here is a case of reverse justice. It's simple that the bad guys won the first rounds. We waged a righteous war (or I did), and somehow this ended up on it's head.
I've never seen so many cowards in my life!
The people who would not speak out or come forward, the one's hiding in the shadows preying on the tiny healthcare district, caused the problems getting true justice. I won't say their names, maybe just their credentials, CEO, CFO, CCO, CNO, board member, DA, Governor, Assemblywoman, Senator, etc...
Instead of helping the people effected such as the family of the people chemically restrained, these same cowards ignored these people. I took on the role to help families heal their pain. I made sure they were heard by someone, their pain understood and action taken.
Whatever the state and the attorneys who will profit from this fiasco think of their case it's not as real or thorough as what I put together. However, they do not want my case, they want their own cases. I'm afraid that's the lesson here, they have the cases they want to have. They will begin the spin! It's no longer about truth or justice.
So, what does an elder abused charged CEO do in her off time? Murder isn't murder anymore, we are half way to ending the lives of our family who can no longer fend for themselves. It's a true scenario to put these people "to sleep" "out of their misery." KVHD accomplished this task. And with the help of the CEO, who maybe working at a healthcare district or hospital near you!
Since the 2006/2007 KVHD elder abuse case flopped on it's face last year we now get to see such players as Pam Ott gassing up her diesel truck at Costco. Perhaps on her way to work. Where does one who is charged with eight counts of criminal elder abuse happen to be employed?
The California Department of Justice initially overlooked Ott as a defendant in their case in 2009. The DOJ hauled in three other defendants in February of that year, but Ott get caught at the helm of a sinking ship at Sierra Kings District Hospital in Reedley.
As I've stated repeatedly, Ott as CEO, left Sierra Kings at the edge of bankruptcy, and others allege she took money from that hospital's General Obligation Bond money along with employee pensions! That's big time crime from a small town criminal. I would have hoped the Fresno DA would have been more open to getting a case together. Ott slipped out of that noose too!
More tales of the bizarre that the three elder abuse defendants, a doctor, a nurse, and a CEO, all seem to have been able to gain employment back into the business they failed: healthcare.
Others who were scapegoats or simply run under the KVHD bus, have not fared as well as their former employers.
What we have here is a case of reverse justice. It's simple that the bad guys won the first rounds. We waged a righteous war (or I did), and somehow this ended up on it's head.
I've never seen so many cowards in my life!
The people who would not speak out or come forward, the one's hiding in the shadows preying on the tiny healthcare district, caused the problems getting true justice. I won't say their names, maybe just their credentials, CEO, CFO, CCO, CNO, board member, DA, Governor, Assemblywoman, Senator, etc...
Instead of helping the people effected such as the family of the people chemically restrained, these same cowards ignored these people. I took on the role to help families heal their pain. I made sure they were heard by someone, their pain understood and action taken.
Whatever the state and the attorneys who will profit from this fiasco think of their case it's not as real or thorough as what I put together. However, they do not want my case, they want their own cases. I'm afraid that's the lesson here, they have the cases they want to have. They will begin the spin! It's no longer about truth or justice.
So, what does an elder abused charged CEO do in her off time? Murder isn't murder anymore, we are half way to ending the lives of our family who can no longer fend for themselves. It's a true scenario to put these people "to sleep" "out of their misery." KVHD accomplished this task. And with the help of the CEO, who maybe working at a healthcare district or hospital near you!
Thursday, November 3, 2011
KVHD board November board meeting: Are these the final hours for the hospital ?
KVHD UNDER WATER?
Newest board member, David Derr, a former fireman may want to bring out his hoses, as the hospital board meeting revealed serious problems with their longevity.
Many people were surprised, but why should they have been? Possibly because they were unaware of the problems taking place due to the district's lack of honest communication with its community members.
There are many diehards, such as Reverend, Charles White, who sat with Pamela Ott going over plans for the 2006 GOB election. White has been allowed to go to meetings such as the strategic planning meeting in 2008, where board members, voted to give, before elder abuse charges were filed, 25K dollars only to Pamela Ott. Hmm...
(White shown above, at the December 2, 2010, board meeting, when the board agreed to bring on attorney David Weinstein to offer financial options.)
I again brought this to the attention of Scott Nave of Lemieux and O'neill, the board attorney, why the public was not allowed to attend the strategic planning event, as Bob Jamison, then board chairman, said in the minutes from 2008, the meeting was closed to the public.
Then how did Chuck White and former board member, Chuck Wild, manage to make it to this meeting?
These are the people who have kept secrets, as they knew before I did, that in 2006, the GOB construction plans were not doable. Why didn't they tell us, me, the Attorney General? Charles White who works closely with KRVR, knew, but did not alert anyone.
(CEO, Tim McGlew, shown listening to audience questions and comments)
The community has a choice: the time is now. However, if the hospital happens to fail, we will have to pay the debt with our property taxes. I've never heard them tell us that. But there is much more to this: we need a hospital, only we need to work together to get it.
And we need administrators, board members, board counsel, that are new and not attached to each other like screaming kids in a haunted house.
New people, new day. And more oversight, meaning help from the county and state, to put this together and functional.
It is obvious this group has failed. The problem is that they didn't learn from their mistakes and have never really faced what they have done that brought us to this point. Did the CFO and his pharmacy buddy, Elmo, really need free rent? Or were they taking advantage?
We have all had the chance to help, but most people hid and ran off. Some got sick fighting to get their jobs back. Many moved away.
The CEO, simply took two raises, and now complains they didn't know it was coming.
They didn't know I was coming to the meeting last night either, but I came because of the news regarding the cuts to reimbursement, and a few other things. Though I wanted to stay home as I am quitting smoking and not in a great mood, I thought it best to go, as the hospital got quiet...as they say before the storm.
McGlew talked about a figure of 1.8 million they were facing to lose, and I thought I would remind them they survived 2.5 million they overpaid to Sycamore Management, the group brought aboard the SNF in 2007, according to the CFO, to "stave off Cal mtg," the insurer of the debt that never seems to show up on the profit and loss statements.
They have also paid millions over the years to get contractors to help put humpty dumpty back together again. That didn't work out, paying top dollar, while you are broke? But again, this is how this district has been operating for 22 plus years.
Now is the time to think about the ramifications of allowing others to run such an important component to the community without oversight.
Check their wallets and briefcases if they try to leave
KVHD has no one to blame but themselves. The one constant in the last eleven years has been the CFO, Chet Beedle, and with some logic we can assume that he probably should have been replaced for a variety of troubling reasons. But no action has been taken by anyone, including Cal Mtg. who has been lied to by the "expert in critical care access" accounting, as Mabel Chan, case manager for the hospital, referred to our CFO in an email.
(KVHD Chairwoman, Victoria Alwin, may have to find other people to try and control, as timing the public comments and banging her gavel, have not made her popular. But it may not be much longer that we have to listen to this judge-like chair, who has forgotten her "roots." Alwin, a former critic of the hospital prior to being elected, has been on the defensive of her own performance in the last two years...)
As I said, the Kern Valley Healthcare District board of Directors have no one to blame...however, they always find someone or something other than themselves. The CEO, started his usual round of excuses starting with California Governor Jerry Brown and moved up the line regarding the federal changes in Medicare reimbursement brought to you by President Obama.
The eleven years of financial leadership by CFO, Chet Beedle, shows the hospital administrators and certain board members, did not have the qualifications or tenacity to protect the district. But we never tried anything new in all those years here in the valley.
Oh, forgive me, they did try something new when Beedle cut staff in 2005, preparing for a campaign run for a GOB, they used chemical restraints and free labor from the hospital auxiliary volunteers to keep the nursing center open.
They have been asleep on the job.
Now we need a hospital, and most remarks from residents were conflicted. "I want a hospital, not this one."
I rephrased the question, would you like to keep this hospital if there were radical changes to the administration and board and medical providers? Then the answer became clear to everyone. YES!
Don't let them take the hospital away: it's the administrators, board, and their friends who need to go.
I explained that we can and will have a hospital. The problem which has been here for eons, is the valley's inability to understand what has happened. We were sold out in 1988, selling more revenue bonds to try and complete the hospital expansion that contracted in the course of the work.
They failed to complete the whole project, and therefore doomed this valley to forever have to deal with a debt that could remove healthcare forever unless we move quickly.
We need to start over, remove the high salaries, which the CEO, when asked if he would pitch in some of his salary, stated they are only "pennies?" He indicated taking money from his pocket and other administrators would do nothing in the face of his speech on our "serious issues."
How many pennies did his Jaguar cost?
McGlew who came aboard as the highest paid CEO in the history of KVHD, may not realize that his salary is NOT pennies to the residents who he is supposed to serve.
Who wants the CEO salary? It's 230K a year, plus all the benefits of not living in the area, or even using the facilities for he and his family's healthcare. Stop, I do know that Mr. McGlew has a disabled child who requires certain special care.
Has he EVER considered that he is not the only one that needs specialized care? We have developmentally disabled residents, ailing people, and services that KVHD cannot provide for the patients in the valley.
Did, CFO, Chester Beedle, not see this situation coming financially as there is a wonderful newsletter from "California Healthline" that keeps me, at least, up to date on the healthcare bills and news.
I offer up the idea to the California legislature: Before a public district can begin the process of gaining money via General Obligation Bonds, it must have a district preliminary vote. That will save the time and trouble of finding out that no one cares about a hospital that has put up murals and paint over their horrific mistakes.
Unfortunately, as you can see on the face of Dr. Gross DO, there is little time left to do the right things, they are far too late...And now we will likely pay for their decisions.
(Dr. Robert Gross DO, KVHD hospitalist, former adversary of the administration who had to hire an attorney regarding the KVHD/ Sienna Wellness clinic, asked that residents write their representatives. The board seems unaware that they are government, elected officials in a public district, with public monies, and they should be writing on our behalf. But they ignored this too long and now we have to decide for them as they had nothing but excuses, scapegoats, and long faces at last night's meeting)
Hello to all involved in the 2009 subverted attempt to save the hospital?
In 2009, I saw this coming...where was the board? They were trying to stop negotiations with Cal Mtg. and because of bullying it happened. We never made it past Chet Beedle, Brad Armstrong or former CEO, Rick Carter, who Victoria Alwin blamed for stopping the potential progress last August 2010.
How exactly did Rick Carter stop the negotiation on his own? He didn't, it was a group effort. This is why these people cannot blame anyone but themselves, as they have not shown any leadership or foresight.
They saw the day coming, or if they didn't, then they should just step down now and avoid certain repercussions.
We had support to deal with it. Why didn't this board override Mr. Carter, Alwin's villain, and do what we had needed to do for 20 years?
McGloom and McBeedle stop second attempt at negotiation
I have some ideas, and solutions, but the community now needs some back up, such as that attorney they ignored for one year, and when David Weinstein came around to shore up the information regarding our chances of negotiating with Cal Mtg. or even bankruptcy, but four board members and the administration held the meeting off while signing on to another Cal mtg. debt relief given the district so they would not burden the valley residents with a GOB. (this is according to Cal mtg. and some documents: the board asked for this email and unlike my PRA requests, I got them their information last night.)
Only last week, the CEO, began speaking about the new GOB. At this board meeting, however, he said there may well be no GOB. But we have heard so many stories, as Beedle told us Cal Mtg. was going to help last night too. I will ask for the documents that go along with Beedle's statement.
If McGlew who could have slimmed his salary, along with CFO, Beedle, and a few others, focused on the main issue, quality patient healthcare, reasonable salaries, services the community has been begging for, we may have been able to plan for the future.
Even with the debt, prudent spending could've perpetuated the district's lifespan. That was never the case. They were not saving for a rainy day, and look soaked now...by everyone.
Don't forget, as owners, and voters in this valley, you will need to decide which of the options the hospital has left that would potentially bring in new faces, ideas, and direction and allow us to have quality healthcare.
We need people who have the "time" and the intelligence, who don't change their personalities with a sip of power, who REALLY want to help, and not simply offer lip service.
Board attorney, Scott Nave, did not like my questions and instructed the board to do "whatever" they want to do, such as not answering (that's an old one Scott), or sending it to McGlew for an answer. I'm sorry, I have sent complaints from dozens of residents having problems, and the CEO, always promises, but somehow rarely follows through.
However, I would like to clarify that Mr. Nave broke loose about me, that I had tried to sue the hospital several times.
While the gal with the timer banged her gavel, I reminded Scott, that I repeatedly said if I were going to sue, I would want a class action suit where all people who were hurt, degraded, billed improperly, defamed, can be redeemed.
Are we a class action act? We need to move fast...if that is the will of the community.
So, to clarify, I was quite ill after my negligent treatment, or criminal, depends on the lawyers you speak with, on 1/20/11. This occurred after I complained repeatedly to the CEO, that I needed help, and the ER was calling people "junkies," ignoring the complaints of an elderly woman who said her daughter was abusing her, and on Christmas night the 72 year old woman was escorted outside the ER to the chairs where she was moaning in pain.
(It was a Merry Christmas)
Again, this is so irresponsible and cruel, that we cannot allow ourselves to be victimized by people who may just walk away with a pension, a tremendous salary, and move on while we the valley pay the debt they so lovingly will be leaving us.
But don't worry, I plan on following their careers...
Next year is another election
With another election year coming up, and a GOB on top of the list of strategic planning, we can jump aboard that election and help bring about change.
As our Governor, the one being blamed for the problems that may take down the hospital, said before he was elected, "we have to break down to break through," and here we are with the timing perfect for this community to take back our hospital from the parasitic spending practices and lack of transparency, which is what they hide behind.
Sierra Kings survived
We have spoken of elder abuse charged, Pamela Ott, the KVHD CEO, who was allowed to escape to another hospital in Reedley, California.
While KVHD was sleeping, Sierra Kings, another public healthcare district, has been through financial turmoil brought on by mismanagement, allegedly Pamela Ott, but they went into bankruptcy...the constant fear here in the valley.
The Valley of Fear
With fearful employees, and witnesses biting at the bit to tell their stories to someone who will listen, KVHD, went down another road, missing ARRA funds, running off volunteers who offered their skills to help upgrade services, took advantage of all those pennies, and now, we have a video of Tim McGlew giving us the bad news.
However, the good news is that Sierra Kings made it thru the bankruptcy, had community support to do it, and they are letting loose the HFS company who managed this whole "turn around" project as they are now back in operation with a happy community.(See Reedley Exponent for the full details)
(HFS, is the company who came to KVHD for an "operation's review" and was tagged with leaving "giant holes" in the report. But somehow they helped Sierra Kings...doesn't make sense, unless you are a KVHDer.)
It is possible to save the hospital, it is not when people don't complain, or they don't have the courage to speak up, or work together, when things fall apart. I'm hearing more and more from the inside of the hospital, and I can tell you they WANT to talk about what is going on.
The even bigger picture
We have options such as selling the hospital, but then we have to consider other issues facing this valley as well. Such as years of work on our "dangerous dam." This could cause closure of the 178 to Bakersfield for years.
It may offer some employment, but in the long run, this valley has not looked ahead, and is running into it's own walls...the hospital would be also effected. Have they considered that too? I'm sure they haven't as they are busy spraying water as their pants are on fire.
But again, we are looking at things too late. We failed in every respect, all of us. Now we have to find out what the reality is, and go from there.
According to George Stahl, writer for the Kern Valley Sun, the hospital is expected to fail. The Sun can be thanked for helping this happen, as if the truth were available to all, we could have handled it. But that never happens in the KRV...
Tim's speech: video and details coming up...McGlew slams critical access care report of quality and safety issues at CAH rural hospitals. Waiting for response from CAH to McGlew's statement.
Board member, Robert Gross, admitted that KVHD has safety issues. All video, coming soon...
Newest board member, David Derr, a former fireman may want to bring out his hoses, as the hospital board meeting revealed serious problems with their longevity.Many people were surprised, but why should they have been? Possibly because they were unaware of the problems taking place due to the district's lack of honest communication with its community members.
There are many diehards, such as Reverend, Charles White, who sat with Pamela Ott going over plans for the 2006 GOB election. White has been allowed to go to meetings such as the strategic planning meeting in 2008, where board members, voted to give, before elder abuse charges were filed, 25K dollars only to Pamela Ott. Hmm...
(White shown above, at the December 2, 2010, board meeting, when the board agreed to bring on attorney David Weinstein to offer financial options.) I again brought this to the attention of Scott Nave of Lemieux and O'neill, the board attorney, why the public was not allowed to attend the strategic planning event, as Bob Jamison, then board chairman, said in the minutes from 2008, the meeting was closed to the public.
Then how did Chuck White and former board member, Chuck Wild, manage to make it to this meeting?
These are the people who have kept secrets, as they knew before I did, that in 2006, the GOB construction plans were not doable. Why didn't they tell us, me, the Attorney General? Charles White who works closely with KRVR, knew, but did not alert anyone.
(CEO, Tim McGlew, shown listening to audience questions and comments) The community has a choice: the time is now. However, if the hospital happens to fail, we will have to pay the debt with our property taxes. I've never heard them tell us that. But there is much more to this: we need a hospital, only we need to work together to get it.
And we need administrators, board members, board counsel, that are new and not attached to each other like screaming kids in a haunted house.
New people, new day. And more oversight, meaning help from the county and state, to put this together and functional.
It is obvious this group has failed. The problem is that they didn't learn from their mistakes and have never really faced what they have done that brought us to this point. Did the CFO and his pharmacy buddy, Elmo, really need free rent? Or were they taking advantage?
We have all had the chance to help, but most people hid and ran off. Some got sick fighting to get their jobs back. Many moved away.
The CEO, simply took two raises, and now complains they didn't know it was coming.
They didn't know I was coming to the meeting last night either, but I came because of the news regarding the cuts to reimbursement, and a few other things. Though I wanted to stay home as I am quitting smoking and not in a great mood, I thought it best to go, as the hospital got quiet...as they say before the storm.
McGlew talked about a figure of 1.8 million they were facing to lose, and I thought I would remind them they survived 2.5 million they overpaid to Sycamore Management, the group brought aboard the SNF in 2007, according to the CFO, to "stave off Cal mtg," the insurer of the debt that never seems to show up on the profit and loss statements.
They have also paid millions over the years to get contractors to help put humpty dumpty back together again. That didn't work out, paying top dollar, while you are broke? But again, this is how this district has been operating for 22 plus years.
Now is the time to think about the ramifications of allowing others to run such an important component to the community without oversight.
Check their wallets and briefcases if they try to leave
KVHD has no one to blame but themselves. The one constant in the last eleven years has been the CFO, Chet Beedle, and with some logic we can assume that he probably should have been replaced for a variety of troubling reasons. But no action has been taken by anyone, including Cal Mtg. who has been lied to by the "expert in critical care access" accounting, as Mabel Chan, case manager for the hospital, referred to our CFO in an email.
(KVHD Chairwoman, Victoria Alwin, may have to find other people to try and control, as timing the public comments and banging her gavel, have not made her popular. But it may not be much longer that we have to listen to this judge-like chair, who has forgotten her "roots." Alwin, a former critic of the hospital prior to being elected, has been on the defensive of her own performance in the last two years...) As I said, the Kern Valley Healthcare District board of Directors have no one to blame...however, they always find someone or something other than themselves. The CEO, started his usual round of excuses starting with California Governor Jerry Brown and moved up the line regarding the federal changes in Medicare reimbursement brought to you by President Obama.
The eleven years of financial leadership by CFO, Chet Beedle, shows the hospital administrators and certain board members, did not have the qualifications or tenacity to protect the district. But we never tried anything new in all those years here in the valley.Oh, forgive me, they did try something new when Beedle cut staff in 2005, preparing for a campaign run for a GOB, they used chemical restraints and free labor from the hospital auxiliary volunteers to keep the nursing center open.
They have been asleep on the job.
Now we need a hospital, and most remarks from residents were conflicted. "I want a hospital, not this one."I rephrased the question, would you like to keep this hospital if there were radical changes to the administration and board and medical providers? Then the answer became clear to everyone. YES!
Don't let them take the hospital away: it's the administrators, board, and their friends who need to go.
I explained that we can and will have a hospital. The problem which has been here for eons, is the valley's inability to understand what has happened. We were sold out in 1988, selling more revenue bonds to try and complete the hospital expansion that contracted in the course of the work.
They failed to complete the whole project, and therefore doomed this valley to forever have to deal with a debt that could remove healthcare forever unless we move quickly.
We need to start over, remove the high salaries, which the CEO, when asked if he would pitch in some of his salary, stated they are only "pennies?" He indicated taking money from his pocket and other administrators would do nothing in the face of his speech on our "serious issues."
How many pennies did his Jaguar cost?
McGlew who came aboard as the highest paid CEO in the history of KVHD, may not realize that his salary is NOT pennies to the residents who he is supposed to serve.
Who wants the CEO salary? It's 230K a year, plus all the benefits of not living in the area, or even using the facilities for he and his family's healthcare. Stop, I do know that Mr. McGlew has a disabled child who requires certain special care.
Has he EVER considered that he is not the only one that needs specialized care? We have developmentally disabled residents, ailing people, and services that KVHD cannot provide for the patients in the valley.
Did, CFO, Chester Beedle, not see this situation coming financially as there is a wonderful newsletter from "California Healthline" that keeps me, at least, up to date on the healthcare bills and news.
I offer up the idea to the California legislature: Before a public district can begin the process of gaining money via General Obligation Bonds, it must have a district preliminary vote. That will save the time and trouble of finding out that no one cares about a hospital that has put up murals and paint over their horrific mistakes.
Unfortunately, as you can see on the face of Dr. Gross DO, there is little time left to do the right things, they are far too late...And now we will likely pay for their decisions.
(Dr. Robert Gross DO, KVHD hospitalist, former adversary of the administration who had to hire an attorney regarding the KVHD/ Sienna Wellness clinic, asked that residents write their representatives. The board seems unaware that they are government, elected officials in a public district, with public monies, and they should be writing on our behalf. But they ignored this too long and now we have to decide for them as they had nothing but excuses, scapegoats, and long faces at last night's meeting) Hello to all involved in the 2009 subverted attempt to save the hospital?
In 2009, I saw this coming...where was the board? They were trying to stop negotiations with Cal Mtg. and because of bullying it happened. We never made it past Chet Beedle, Brad Armstrong or former CEO, Rick Carter, who Victoria Alwin blamed for stopping the potential progress last August 2010.
How exactly did Rick Carter stop the negotiation on his own? He didn't, it was a group effort. This is why these people cannot blame anyone but themselves, as they have not shown any leadership or foresight.
They saw the day coming, or if they didn't, then they should just step down now and avoid certain repercussions.
We had support to deal with it. Why didn't this board override Mr. Carter, Alwin's villain, and do what we had needed to do for 20 years?
McGloom and McBeedle stop second attempt at negotiation
I have some ideas, and solutions, but the community now needs some back up, such as that attorney they ignored for one year, and when David Weinstein came around to shore up the information regarding our chances of negotiating with Cal Mtg. or even bankruptcy, but four board members and the administration held the meeting off while signing on to another Cal mtg. debt relief given the district so they would not burden the valley residents with a GOB. (this is according to Cal mtg. and some documents: the board asked for this email and unlike my PRA requests, I got them their information last night.)
Only last week, the CEO, began speaking about the new GOB. At this board meeting, however, he said there may well be no GOB. But we have heard so many stories, as Beedle told us Cal Mtg. was going to help last night too. I will ask for the documents that go along with Beedle's statement.
If McGlew who could have slimmed his salary, along with CFO, Beedle, and a few others, focused on the main issue, quality patient healthcare, reasonable salaries, services the community has been begging for, we may have been able to plan for the future.
Even with the debt, prudent spending could've perpetuated the district's lifespan. That was never the case. They were not saving for a rainy day, and look soaked now...by everyone.
Don't forget, as owners, and voters in this valley, you will need to decide which of the options the hospital has left that would potentially bring in new faces, ideas, and direction and allow us to have quality healthcare.
We need people who have the "time" and the intelligence, who don't change their personalities with a sip of power, who REALLY want to help, and not simply offer lip service.
Board attorney, Scott Nave, did not like my questions and instructed the board to do "whatever" they want to do, such as not answering (that's an old one Scott), or sending it to McGlew for an answer. I'm sorry, I have sent complaints from dozens of residents having problems, and the CEO, always promises, but somehow rarely follows through.However, I would like to clarify that Mr. Nave broke loose about me, that I had tried to sue the hospital several times.
While the gal with the timer banged her gavel, I reminded Scott, that I repeatedly said if I were going to sue, I would want a class action suit where all people who were hurt, degraded, billed improperly, defamed, can be redeemed.
Are we a class action act? We need to move fast...if that is the will of the community.
So, to clarify, I was quite ill after my negligent treatment, or criminal, depends on the lawyers you speak with, on 1/20/11. This occurred after I complained repeatedly to the CEO, that I needed help, and the ER was calling people "junkies," ignoring the complaints of an elderly woman who said her daughter was abusing her, and on Christmas night the 72 year old woman was escorted outside the ER to the chairs where she was moaning in pain.
(It was a Merry Christmas)
Again, this is so irresponsible and cruel, that we cannot allow ourselves to be victimized by people who may just walk away with a pension, a tremendous salary, and move on while we the valley pay the debt they so lovingly will be leaving us.
But don't worry, I plan on following their careers...
Next year is another election
With another election year coming up, and a GOB on top of the list of strategic planning, we can jump aboard that election and help bring about change.
As our Governor, the one being blamed for the problems that may take down the hospital, said before he was elected, "we have to break down to break through," and here we are with the timing perfect for this community to take back our hospital from the parasitic spending practices and lack of transparency, which is what they hide behind.
Sierra Kings survived
We have spoken of elder abuse charged, Pamela Ott, the KVHD CEO, who was allowed to escape to another hospital in Reedley, California.
While KVHD was sleeping, Sierra Kings, another public healthcare district, has been through financial turmoil brought on by mismanagement, allegedly Pamela Ott, but they went into bankruptcy...the constant fear here in the valley.
The Valley of Fear
With fearful employees, and witnesses biting at the bit to tell their stories to someone who will listen, KVHD, went down another road, missing ARRA funds, running off volunteers who offered their skills to help upgrade services, took advantage of all those pennies, and now, we have a video of Tim McGlew giving us the bad news.
However, the good news is that Sierra Kings made it thru the bankruptcy, had community support to do it, and they are letting loose the HFS company who managed this whole "turn around" project as they are now back in operation with a happy community.(See Reedley Exponent for the full details)
(HFS, is the company who came to KVHD for an "operation's review" and was tagged with leaving "giant holes" in the report. But somehow they helped Sierra Kings...doesn't make sense, unless you are a KVHDer.)
It is possible to save the hospital, it is not when people don't complain, or they don't have the courage to speak up, or work together, when things fall apart. I'm hearing more and more from the inside of the hospital, and I can tell you they WANT to talk about what is going on.
The even bigger picture
We have options such as selling the hospital, but then we have to consider other issues facing this valley as well. Such as years of work on our "dangerous dam." This could cause closure of the 178 to Bakersfield for years.
It may offer some employment, but in the long run, this valley has not looked ahead, and is running into it's own walls...the hospital would be also effected. Have they considered that too? I'm sure they haven't as they are busy spraying water as their pants are on fire.
But again, we are looking at things too late. We failed in every respect, all of us. Now we have to find out what the reality is, and go from there.
According to George Stahl, writer for the Kern Valley Sun, the hospital is expected to fail. The Sun can be thanked for helping this happen, as if the truth were available to all, we could have handled it. But that never happens in the KRV...
Tim's speech: video and details coming up...McGlew slams critical access care report of quality and safety issues at CAH rural hospitals. Waiting for response from CAH to McGlew's statement.
Board member, Robert Gross, admitted that KVHD has safety issues. All video, coming soon...
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Sierra Kings welcomes Adventist Health to Reedley in special election
Voters in Reedley change the course of their hospital's future
The Reedley Exponent reports the ailing Sierra Kings Hospital which has struggled through bankruptcy since late 2008, has recovered with the help of an overwhelming majority of voters who were unified in favor of leasing the facility to Adventist Health.
The local paper reports that voters may not have come out in droves, but their minds were made up they wanted change, and the numbers speak for themselves. The Exponent reported the initial count at 2830 for the measure, and only 116, voted against the new lease agreement.
No technical information was provided in the article regarding how this will specifically change the hospital's fate, but the Exponent reported a favorable, positive response to the news by an employee and a hospital director who see a future of happy employees and pleased patients come August when Adventist Health begins to take the helm.
History lesson
The history of the Sierra Kings district is directly related to the Kern Valley Healthcare District by way of former CEO, now elder abuse charged, Pam Ott, who stepped down from her job in May of 2007, at KVHD when the nursing center almost closed and went on to become the CEO of Sierra Kings District Hospital.
When Ott was charged with elder abuse late in 2009, board members at Sierra Kings began a bankruptcy and it has been reported in the Exponent, via interim CEO, Sandy Haskins from HFS, that monies from a General Obligation bond voters had approved for hospital expansion, were possibly misused.
And it was reported that again Ott and Sierra Kings now former CFO, were allegedly able to gain access to employee pension monies. Unfortunately, because of the bankruptcy, certain employees were unable to regain their retirement funds. No charges have been filed on Ott regarding these matters as of this time.
New day for Sierra Kings
After riding out the storm as HFS, a well known and respected (though a KVHD board member made some serious complaints) healthcare financial company, often associated with ACHD, (Association of California Healthcare Districts) as their material appears on their website, worked to get the hospital to the point it may now have a chance to begin serving it's community again.
Sierra Kings, a public healthcare district similar to KVHD only in their human resources department and taste in board members, had a collective decision made by voters to allow this lease agreement to take place and allow them to continue to progress.
It's a tough time for hospitals, especially those who have been filched
We've all heard the ant and the grasshopper story, and who survived the nasty winter what and why. In an interesting article in the California Healthcare Foundation newsletter, five hospitals who were struggling attributed their continued success through strategies such as "sustained growth in patient volume," which KVHD Chet Beedle said was the key to success.
Why look at them now...they are being supported by a thrift store run by the Auxiliary which supports their ability to even afford a hospital bed or new equipment. That thrift has a "higher census" than the hospital itself. You just can't find a parking space either.
Those same Auxiliary members have done so much for the hospital that they got promoted to a voluntary workforce, costing KVHD nothing, and sometimes overstepping by putting these volunteers into jobs they should not have been doing: such as lifting patients?
The serious differences between KVHD and success
But the other two items in the article entitled "success under duress" are of more interest. "frequent and intense monitoring of expenditures and efficiency," which cannot come close to the imprudence as has been witnessed at KVHD with "time and material" contracts, use of registry and traveling nurses, paid housing, trips for management, as well as paying some of the highest rates to administrators in Kern county.
The nut and shell game that is called KVHD finance, has been problematic for not only the hospital's future which is on thin ice, as they recently acquired basically a monthly payment plan with Cal Mtg. for monies which will not sustain the district, and not produce growth necessary to have a future.
But the final strategy for success which keep these hospital's future much brighter is to divert "heavy investment in quality improvement initiatives."
Quality...qau' li' tee': Degree or grade of excellence.
For further healthcare articles go to the California Healthcare Foundation as many interesting articles can be found here.
http://www.chcf.org/publications/2010/09/success-under-duress-how-five-hospitals-thrive-despite-challenging-payer-mix
Reedley Exponent link
http://www.reedleyexponent.com/articles/2011/06/08/news/doc4deffb66a2ce1856510659.txt
The Reedley Exponent reports the ailing Sierra Kings Hospital which has struggled through bankruptcy since late 2008, has recovered with the help of an overwhelming majority of voters who were unified in favor of leasing the facility to Adventist Health.
The local paper reports that voters may not have come out in droves, but their minds were made up they wanted change, and the numbers speak for themselves. The Exponent reported the initial count at 2830 for the measure, and only 116, voted against the new lease agreement.
No technical information was provided in the article regarding how this will specifically change the hospital's fate, but the Exponent reported a favorable, positive response to the news by an employee and a hospital director who see a future of happy employees and pleased patients come August when Adventist Health begins to take the helm.
History lesson
The history of the Sierra Kings district is directly related to the Kern Valley Healthcare District by way of former CEO, now elder abuse charged, Pam Ott, who stepped down from her job in May of 2007, at KVHD when the nursing center almost closed and went on to become the CEO of Sierra Kings District Hospital.
When Ott was charged with elder abuse late in 2009, board members at Sierra Kings began a bankruptcy and it has been reported in the Exponent, via interim CEO, Sandy Haskins from HFS, that monies from a General Obligation bond voters had approved for hospital expansion, were possibly misused.
And it was reported that again Ott and Sierra Kings now former CFO, were allegedly able to gain access to employee pension monies. Unfortunately, because of the bankruptcy, certain employees were unable to regain their retirement funds. No charges have been filed on Ott regarding these matters as of this time.
New day for Sierra Kings
After riding out the storm as HFS, a well known and respected (though a KVHD board member made some serious complaints) healthcare financial company, often associated with ACHD, (Association of California Healthcare Districts) as their material appears on their website, worked to get the hospital to the point it may now have a chance to begin serving it's community again.
Sierra Kings, a public healthcare district similar to KVHD only in their human resources department and taste in board members, had a collective decision made by voters to allow this lease agreement to take place and allow them to continue to progress.
It's a tough time for hospitals, especially those who have been filched
We've all heard the ant and the grasshopper story, and who survived the nasty winter what and why. In an interesting article in the California Healthcare Foundation newsletter, five hospitals who were struggling attributed their continued success through strategies such as "sustained growth in patient volume," which KVHD Chet Beedle said was the key to success.
Why look at them now...they are being supported by a thrift store run by the Auxiliary which supports their ability to even afford a hospital bed or new equipment. That thrift has a "higher census" than the hospital itself. You just can't find a parking space either.
Those same Auxiliary members have done so much for the hospital that they got promoted to a voluntary workforce, costing KVHD nothing, and sometimes overstepping by putting these volunteers into jobs they should not have been doing: such as lifting patients?
The serious differences between KVHD and success
But the other two items in the article entitled "success under duress" are of more interest. "frequent and intense monitoring of expenditures and efficiency," which cannot come close to the imprudence as has been witnessed at KVHD with "time and material" contracts, use of registry and traveling nurses, paid housing, trips for management, as well as paying some of the highest rates to administrators in Kern county.
The nut and shell game that is called KVHD finance, has been problematic for not only the hospital's future which is on thin ice, as they recently acquired basically a monthly payment plan with Cal Mtg. for monies which will not sustain the district, and not produce growth necessary to have a future.
But the final strategy for success which keep these hospital's future much brighter is to divert "heavy investment in quality improvement initiatives."
Quality...qau' li' tee': Degree or grade of excellence.
For further healthcare articles go to the California Healthcare Foundation as many interesting articles can be found here.
http://www.chcf.org/publications/2010/09/success-under-duress-how-five-hospitals-thrive-despite-challenging-payer-mix
Reedley Exponent link
http://www.reedleyexponent.com/articles/2011/06/08/news/doc4deffb66a2ce1856510659.txt
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