This WEek the Kern Valley Healthcare D"istrict in it's Transparent Monthly meeting forum, Will be bringing news to it's valley residents and Patient pool, the new Salary Increase for KVHD CEO, Timothy McGlew.
McGlew, who came to the Kern River Valley, following the sudden resignation of former CEO, and avid "solitaire" fan, Rick Carter, who resigned shortly into his Kern River Valley career, and Salary, with benefits including Travel, planes, trains and a Stipend for lunch.
When Residents thought the 175K a year salary given Carter for his time at the Helm of KVHD, along with his Fringe benefits, would by them a grand leader,Along Came Tim MCglew, whose salary has Eclipsed them all.
This Month, McGlew will see his salary again Ascend into an Atmosphere of "AUSTERITY" every where in Goverment, EXCEPT: KVHD.
THe Ceo, MCGlew, coming from a background with the HOME FOR JEWISH PARENTS, and a Project of substantial worth, working with KVHD Debt Control PRogram, CAl MTG. who CONTROLS the Hospital's bond indenture, was FAMILiAR with McGlew. They had Worked with him on a project for the HJP, to the tune of 60 million.
Though 60 million is a STarter figure, at the Jewish home, this was a Real figure that has been pAID out at KVHD. The tiny community hospital has paid out over 60 million on the DEBT related to the 1988, BOND INDENTURE, it was afforded by CAL MTG.
In return the community, comprised of a demographic of mostly retired persons, disabled, and elderly residents, were mired in controversy starting with a nursing Center which was projected to contain 140 beds and constructed only half that at 70, but at the twice the projected cost. Residents are repeatedly asked to BAIL out the hospital with a tax themselves measure.
BAil OUT and RAise the SAlARy in the same breath, has been the attitude of the recent regime run by Mcglew.
McGlew, has spoken of the Home for Jewish PArents construction project and his RELATIONSHIP with CAL MTG. Debt holder, however, McGlew has avoided questions as to this subject when it did not relate directly to the KVHD bailout attempted in 2010.
McGlew, and Board member, Bob Jamison, as the radio Disc JOck, took the CEO and CFO, Chet Beedle aboard his Radio talk show and Shook the town down for votes on tax "MEASURE "G" for McGlew two years ago.
Expanding the KVHD hospital has been set aside until 2014, when the hospital strategic plan has scheduled an other attempt at getting help by having local tax payers, pay more in property taxes.
Mcglew and KVH D CFO, CHet Beedle, both, in 2010, urged community leaders to support their Measure G, and CLAIMED to have 80 percent Community support to do this. After the Ballots were counted there was a Sigh of Disbelief as the "TAX AND SNIFF" measure apparently did not appeal to local KNoses.
The CEO, will share his new salary level this week at the TRanslucent or parent or whatever, meeting.
The KVHD BOD meeting begins at 5:30 pm on WEd. Sept. 5th, in the Cafeteria.
Also, on the menu this week, is a peek a the top echelon, Who has THE STrings aNd Where Do they ATTACH ? CAL Mtg. is the Special this week, imposing a sTANdard, of DEBT resolution, that eXTends into the Future, the INTEREST goes on, at a rate we cannot afford to pay.
SEE what is new at the TOP, as CApitAL improvement, would Be approved.
CAl mtg. and the OFFICE OF STATEWIDE heaLTHCARE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. AND how do they know ASPEN STreet ARchitects? And why are they hanging on to KVHD?
Inquiring minds will know, this an d more...
Persistance and Tenacity, requires a new chapter, a new beginning....
Showing posts with label CFO Chester N. Beedle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CFO Chester N. Beedle. Show all posts
Monday, September 3, 2012
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Pics from March 2012 board meeting...
Meeting highlights:
Cal Mtg. cannot afford to travel to the district to oversee board meetings says KVHD CEO Tim McGlew.
New wound care specialist who also does plastic surgery...
Kern Health systems has 100 million dollars just sitting around waiting for KVHD...
Mental health help for victims of suicide at high school.
New Cal Mtg. deferment best in California.
KVHDunderFire: a channel for us all to tune into....http://www.youtube.com/user/kvhdunderfire?feature=results_main
Cal Mtg. cannot afford to travel to the district to oversee board meetings says KVHD CEO Tim McGlew.
New wound care specialist who also does plastic surgery...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Steve Russo HFS: What happened to this report? And more KVHD conundrums including the much awaited strategic planning "plan"
Money for nothing
Down the rabbit hole, or on this blog, I have collected decades worth of evidence showing how the Kern Valley Healthcare District has mishandled it's business "affairs" over the last 20 plus years.
Though it began for me, as I have described in the summary, as a case of elder abuse, and mishandling of law enforcement to protect the patients living in the KVHD nursing center, it turned into a more complex case the California Department of Justice simply did not want to handle.
That was only the beginning, as money which is now so scarce in these parts, (rural blight) went into the pockets of those who had contributed to the downfall of the small hospital and Rural Health clinic.
Contractors: Bernie and his PR company got 60K dollars for doing something undisclosed.
HFS a financial firm who put together a plan to aid the hospital in default with creditor, insurer, Cal Mtg, and help pull them out of the ditch they are stuck in from years of imprudent spending, was a 75K dollar boondoggle as board members complained that HFS had left holes KVHD had to repair in the report.
It was reported only after that meeting in December 2010, that HFS gave KVHD back 40K dollars for, what we can only assume, as board member, Dr. Robert Gross DO, said was a lot of mistakes.
"The finance committee found a lot of holes-a lot of mistakes, large mistakes," Gross told the audience about the report.
He added, which I think is a good line, but not pertaining to HFS, more like KVHD: "So do we really want to trust them with planning our financial future, when they had giant holes and we paid top dollar for that?"
Again, what did they pay for? And why did they, meaning KVHD and Cal Mtg., not take action against HFS for what they called a report full of mistakes in public and on film?
I have the report, or maybe even "a" report and I would like to know what parts are the mistakes and how did KVHD who hand picked HFS to do this "operations report" as the hospital was floating checks, and not checking to see if they were still afloat, while they went into default.
Strategic planning...more unnecessary costs?
The CFO, Chet Beedle, and CEO, Tim McGlew, both supported the hiring of a strategic planning group. However, the survey which cost the hospital 15K dollars, has yet to be unveiled after 8 months, and those who attended the sessions were directed to only make inquiries which were positive, according to owner, Michael Philps.
However, Beedle's resume, suggests, or really states that he is an "expert in strategic planning for rural healthcare districts." Again, this makes no sense, to spend money when you already have hired personnel who does this sort of project...and is an expert.
And there have been some really intensive plans created before this one, at a cost too, and yet most of the information gathered never was utilized, therefore more wasted time and money.
When asked how it will be different this time around, Philps answered that his company suggests that the board address the planning issues from his survey at every meeting.
We have yet to even see the first draft.
When the selection process took place last year, Board member Kay Knight, asked why HFS was not in the running to do the planning and she asked the CEO if he had talked to them about reducing the costs for a strategic makeover.
McGlew reported he has spoken to HFS about their costs, which were submitted at 20K dollars, and the two other players, Focus and Execute, bid 13K dollars, while Philps wanted 15K dollars.
The contract went to Philps, as McGlew said he spoke to other CEO's who have used that particular firm. But his reason was the money: grant money.
"Their figure was 15K but Focus and Execute was 13K-so but again these guys went out to find grant monies to offset some of these costs..." McGlew explained.
What is wrong with this picture?
First, KVHD had a default with Cal Mtg. last summer, or actually since the "80's" but Cal Mtg. gave the sinking hospital the choice of the company that would do another in a long line of reports costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, and they chose HFS.
HFS we were told would report to the community about their findings, but this never happened. Instead, at the December 2010 KVHD board meeting, we found out from Dr. Robert Gross that HFS made "mistakes."
The HFS contract we were told cost 75K dollars, and that payment was coming from a line of credit backed by Cal mtg. from West America Bank.
Yet, somehow, HFS, was selected to be in the running for the strategic planning contract. Why would you even consider a company that is supposed to have made "large mistakes?" (Dr. Gross asked that question and I think it was a worthy one)
How many wishes were granted?
Then you have the issue of Philps and the grant money they grabbed to help KVHD offset costs, said the top administrator. First, at the meeting McGlew reported Philps had obtained the grant money themselves.
In a phone interview, I congratulated Mr. Philps on garnering grant money to help KVHD save a few dollars on their latest planning session. Then I asked him exactly how he went about the process with this grant money and if the other companies were also doing this.
Philps answered most of my questions, but would not answer that particular question and directed me to speak with McGlew. I told him I got an answer from McGlew, and he said they gave over their annual 9K dollar SHIP grant monies: These are monies that go to the hospital, not to firms vying for a contract or job.
At the July 2011 meeting, only a few weeks ago, we heard that finally, there will be a presentation with the data gathered by Philps. But last year we were told we would be seeing the HFS report too, and that never happened.
Will KVHD have to fill in the "holes" in the strategic planning report too? What if the report is not what they want us to hear, can we get our money back such as with HFS?
Steve Russo of HFS was asked about the problems with the KVHD report, but offered no explanation.
But then nobody could offer a lucid explanation as to why HFS was not fired and another company brought in to finish this operations analysis. I don't understand why KVHD was fixing the report for another company, especially when they were in default caused by their own mistakes, as the company was to provide an objective analysis.
Mind boggling isn't it?
Down the rabbit hole, or on this blog, I have collected decades worth of evidence showing how the Kern Valley Healthcare District has mishandled it's business "affairs" over the last 20 plus years.
Though it began for me, as I have described in the summary, as a case of elder abuse, and mishandling of law enforcement to protect the patients living in the KVHD nursing center, it turned into a more complex case the California Department of Justice simply did not want to handle.
That was only the beginning, as money which is now so scarce in these parts, (rural blight) went into the pockets of those who had contributed to the downfall of the small hospital and Rural Health clinic.
Contractors: Bernie and his PR company got 60K dollars for doing something undisclosed.
HFS a financial firm who put together a plan to aid the hospital in default with creditor, insurer, Cal Mtg, and help pull them out of the ditch they are stuck in from years of imprudent spending, was a 75K dollar boondoggle as board members complained that HFS had left holes KVHD had to repair in the report.
It was reported only after that meeting in December 2010, that HFS gave KVHD back 40K dollars for, what we can only assume, as board member, Dr. Robert Gross DO, said was a lot of mistakes.
"The finance committee found a lot of holes-a lot of mistakes, large mistakes," Gross told the audience about the report.
He added, which I think is a good line, but not pertaining to HFS, more like KVHD: "So do we really want to trust them with planning our financial future, when they had giant holes and we paid top dollar for that?"
Again, what did they pay for? And why did they, meaning KVHD and Cal Mtg., not take action against HFS for what they called a report full of mistakes in public and on film?
I have the report, or maybe even "a" report and I would like to know what parts are the mistakes and how did KVHD who hand picked HFS to do this "operations report" as the hospital was floating checks, and not checking to see if they were still afloat, while they went into default.
Strategic planning...more unnecessary costs?
The CFO, Chet Beedle, and CEO, Tim McGlew, both supported the hiring of a strategic planning group. However, the survey which cost the hospital 15K dollars, has yet to be unveiled after 8 months, and those who attended the sessions were directed to only make inquiries which were positive, according to owner, Michael Philps.
However, Beedle's resume, suggests, or really states that he is an "expert in strategic planning for rural healthcare districts." Again, this makes no sense, to spend money when you already have hired personnel who does this sort of project...and is an expert.
And there have been some really intensive plans created before this one, at a cost too, and yet most of the information gathered never was utilized, therefore more wasted time and money.
When asked how it will be different this time around, Philps answered that his company suggests that the board address the planning issues from his survey at every meeting.
We have yet to even see the first draft.
When the selection process took place last year, Board member Kay Knight, asked why HFS was not in the running to do the planning and she asked the CEO if he had talked to them about reducing the costs for a strategic makeover.
McGlew reported he has spoken to HFS about their costs, which were submitted at 20K dollars, and the two other players, Focus and Execute, bid 13K dollars, while Philps wanted 15K dollars.
The contract went to Philps, as McGlew said he spoke to other CEO's who have used that particular firm. But his reason was the money: grant money.
"Their figure was 15K but Focus and Execute was 13K-so but again these guys went out to find grant monies to offset some of these costs..." McGlew explained.
What is wrong with this picture?
First, KVHD had a default with Cal Mtg. last summer, or actually since the "80's" but Cal Mtg. gave the sinking hospital the choice of the company that would do another in a long line of reports costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, and they chose HFS.
HFS we were told would report to the community about their findings, but this never happened. Instead, at the December 2010 KVHD board meeting, we found out from Dr. Robert Gross that HFS made "mistakes."
The HFS contract we were told cost 75K dollars, and that payment was coming from a line of credit backed by Cal mtg. from West America Bank.
Yet, somehow, HFS, was selected to be in the running for the strategic planning contract. Why would you even consider a company that is supposed to have made "large mistakes?" (Dr. Gross asked that question and I think it was a worthy one)
How many wishes were granted?
Then you have the issue of Philps and the grant money they grabbed to help KVHD offset costs, said the top administrator. First, at the meeting McGlew reported Philps had obtained the grant money themselves.
In a phone interview, I congratulated Mr. Philps on garnering grant money to help KVHD save a few dollars on their latest planning session. Then I asked him exactly how he went about the process with this grant money and if the other companies were also doing this.
Philps answered most of my questions, but would not answer that particular question and directed me to speak with McGlew. I told him I got an answer from McGlew, and he said they gave over their annual 9K dollar SHIP grant monies: These are monies that go to the hospital, not to firms vying for a contract or job.
At the July 2011 meeting, only a few weeks ago, we heard that finally, there will be a presentation with the data gathered by Philps. But last year we were told we would be seeing the HFS report too, and that never happened.
Will KVHD have to fill in the "holes" in the strategic planning report too? What if the report is not what they want us to hear, can we get our money back such as with HFS?
Steve Russo of HFS was asked about the problems with the KVHD report, but offered no explanation.
But then nobody could offer a lucid explanation as to why HFS was not fired and another company brought in to finish this operations analysis. I don't understand why KVHD was fixing the report for another company, especially when they were in default caused by their own mistakes, as the company was to provide an objective analysis.
Mind boggling isn't it?
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Hey JB, JB will you fight for me, Hosana hey sana ho Superstar!
Why waste your breathe moaning at the crowd, nothing can be done to stop the shouting...."Jesus Christ Superstar" by Andrew Lloyd Webber
(Jerry Brown, pictured above showing a Democratic crowd in Bakersfield exactly how much he cares about the disabled, elderly and those in need of a good education...)
Just days before the 2010 election, former California Attorney General, Jerry Brown gives a speech before a packed crowd in a pizza joint in downtown Bakersfield, next to the largest "head shop" in the city. (I'm not sure why that location other than a possible impending "bong tax")
This was election time, when Governor Brown, was making promises for change, though, we didn't know until this last week, that change for our Governor meant his own personal change.
At one time Brown came up with some dizzying ideas for change, such as removing personal taxes and replacing them with sales tax. How's that idea going? Oh, yes, no where.
During this particular election speech, (coming to Youtube soon) Brown remembered his days with Mother Theresa in India. He didn't clarify whether they just happened to be in the same country at the same time, or that he worked hand and hand, with the starving, sick and poor.
Whatever the case, he's now dropped away from his supporters in the unions, the clear need for expanded educational programs and his attitude has become one of a despot, as he has made it clear, he's the one in charge of California. (Oh, and he doesn't do dishes either)
Veto power
The democrats can't please him, the Republicans are up in arms due to threats of special elections which would only cost taxpayers more money as Brown wants the people of California to decide whether or not to tax themselves, or actually continue to tax themselves, as the "short term" tax hikes, are supposed to come to a halt this year.
What a good strategy
Instead of just saying it, "we need to continue these taxes" and getting eggs and tomatoes thrown at him, Governor Brown, has cleverly put the responsibility of continued taxes in the hands of the voters.
I suppose you could thank him for involving the people of the state in the budget, but then again, if we vote it out, he will have an excuse to cut more programs that keep some people alive, and give quality education to the children of California who will one day inherit this mess.
So, kudos Governor Brown, I say it's a brilliant plan.
Veto is so "neato"
The Governor threw out a budget that the state democrats scratched out quickly, but you and I all knew that's the plan.
Again, the pressure is on with a "budge-it" slowly coming into a political arena we may have never seen before.
This is a Governor who knows how to leverage, and the state controller is holding back the pay for the legislators until they "do their jobs."
Here is someone who is taking control of the state in a way that's not so pretty or nice even, but in a way that only Frank Sinatra could appreciate: he's doing it his way.
The veto is interesting as it allows a long time Democrat to block the move of both sides, the Republicans too. So, I predict we will see a few more vetoes before this budget is settled upon...by the Governor.
What if he can't do it
I'm old enough to remember Jerry Brown cutting out Summer School and my cousin, a young child, wrote to him and asked him to rescind the cuts as she enjoyed the program.
She recently told me the story and I asked if she ever got a response. "No, and that's why he will never get my vote." (Okay, she's almost 40 now, but she remembers, some of us do, Governor)
Now if Governor Brown had, as was his job as the state's Attorney General, really wanted to cut spending, he would have lifted another finger to look at the Kern River Valley's hospital. They are an example of failure and that is not always a bad thing.
We have to look at the failure of the Federal government, the state, and the county when it comes to imprudent spending if we are to survive this depression.
How can I trust that Governor Brown who had all the manpower of the state to cull out all the criminal and unethical activity in a small, rural, mountain hospital, which included misspending, actually squandering, but doesn't follow through?
I don't remember how many cell phones were turned off in California government offices recently, but Governor Brown can be proud that he made sure that happened.
Yet he could not handle a small hospital.
Bringing people and ideas together
One of our new Governor's promises I watch on my computer as we filmed it, is that he wanted, pre-election, of course, to bring people in to help tell him what needs to be done. People from all areas of the state were to come together so we could all assist our "superstar" in making effective changes.
Never happened. I think my name was first on the list, but I also think our "Retrocrat" was toying with us. Every move Governor Brown has made so far, is to allow one politician, himself, to usurp and monopolize the power of all the others.
He forgot KVHD
With the election behind him, and an economy that can't fill the tank so it can travel into the future, Brown missed out on opportunities to see just how a small hospital finds loopholes in it's finances, passes them out to the top tier, and ignores severe quality issues.
Simply avoiding a grievous mistake such as what our Governor did leaving a mountain community with a hospital on the brink of disaster, or just a disaster, by allowing another agency, the California Office of Statewide Planning and Development and their tumor, Cal Mtg., to financially take control seems a lot like, "collusion?"
The budget
Now, last I heard the state budget gap was around 9 billion, and I can tell you where to find some money: KVHD.
Apparently, the Kern Valley Healthcare District, had millions to spend over the past five years, and yet they are in a deep pit of denial.
In 2010, the CFO promised West America Bank that they would garner "millions" from the general obligation bond, "Measure G," and told debt insurer, Cal Mtg., that 80% of the community were supporting more taxes for the hospital.
Those overstatements lead to a line of credit which was initially said to pay off the August 2010 "old debt" payment of 800K dollars. That statement was quickly rescinded, (actually it took two months for them to come up with a ruse, but they forget they say it on video, hard to take back) and then they played dumb. (it comes easy)
This is what I don't understand
Politicians talk about doing all sorts of things, including telling the truth, but they don't follow through.
KVHD is an example of some of the most egregious financial miscalculations, fraud and abuse, so what does that make the people who are supposed to be overseeing them?
A) Criminals
B) graduates of the California educational system
C) Blind
D) inbred
E) all of the above
Answer: E
Come and get it
If there's one thing Jerry Brown said that I agree with and that is we will have reform or revolution, and the latter is looking more likely as our leaders aren't busting the "white collar gangs" rather they zero in on pot growers or certain "protestors" who not only don't parasitically drain community services, they are also part of the tax base.
White collar crime amounts to losses in billions each year, yet it has been only tepidly pursued?
I would agree with others who have tagged Brown as frugal, so how could he miss the imprudence with KVHD? This is what Brown is known for dragging out the spenders. Didn't it at least irritate his coupon clipping senses?
Where was he at KVHD when a certain CEO was being given train and plane rides, housing, along with the CFO and his long time, toll free, lair?
If Jerry Brown can reach a budget settlement that will both cut waste and promote future growth than we would have to assume he could have done that to this valley hospital. That does not bode well for any of us Californians as the hospital has been given more chances than a death row murderer...
(Jerry Brown, pictured above showing a Democratic crowd in Bakersfield exactly how much he cares about the disabled, elderly and those in need of a good education...)Just days before the 2010 election, former California Attorney General, Jerry Brown gives a speech before a packed crowd in a pizza joint in downtown Bakersfield, next to the largest "head shop" in the city. (I'm not sure why that location other than a possible impending "bong tax")
This was election time, when Governor Brown, was making promises for change, though, we didn't know until this last week, that change for our Governor meant his own personal change.
At one time Brown came up with some dizzying ideas for change, such as removing personal taxes and replacing them with sales tax. How's that idea going? Oh, yes, no where.
During this particular election speech, (coming to Youtube soon) Brown remembered his days with Mother Theresa in India. He didn't clarify whether they just happened to be in the same country at the same time, or that he worked hand and hand, with the starving, sick and poor.
Whatever the case, he's now dropped away from his supporters in the unions, the clear need for expanded educational programs and his attitude has become one of a despot, as he has made it clear, he's the one in charge of California. (Oh, and he doesn't do dishes either)
Veto power
The democrats can't please him, the Republicans are up in arms due to threats of special elections which would only cost taxpayers more money as Brown wants the people of California to decide whether or not to tax themselves, or actually continue to tax themselves, as the "short term" tax hikes, are supposed to come to a halt this year.
What a good strategy
Instead of just saying it, "we need to continue these taxes" and getting eggs and tomatoes thrown at him, Governor Brown, has cleverly put the responsibility of continued taxes in the hands of the voters.
I suppose you could thank him for involving the people of the state in the budget, but then again, if we vote it out, he will have an excuse to cut more programs that keep some people alive, and give quality education to the children of California who will one day inherit this mess.
So, kudos Governor Brown, I say it's a brilliant plan.
Veto is so "neato"
The Governor threw out a budget that the state democrats scratched out quickly, but you and I all knew that's the plan.
Again, the pressure is on with a "budge-it" slowly coming into a political arena we may have never seen before.
This is a Governor who knows how to leverage, and the state controller is holding back the pay for the legislators until they "do their jobs."
Here is someone who is taking control of the state in a way that's not so pretty or nice even, but in a way that only Frank Sinatra could appreciate: he's doing it his way.
The veto is interesting as it allows a long time Democrat to block the move of both sides, the Republicans too. So, I predict we will see a few more vetoes before this budget is settled upon...by the Governor.
What if he can't do it
I'm old enough to remember Jerry Brown cutting out Summer School and my cousin, a young child, wrote to him and asked him to rescind the cuts as she enjoyed the program.
She recently told me the story and I asked if she ever got a response. "No, and that's why he will never get my vote." (Okay, she's almost 40 now, but she remembers, some of us do, Governor)
Now if Governor Brown had, as was his job as the state's Attorney General, really wanted to cut spending, he would have lifted another finger to look at the Kern River Valley's hospital. They are an example of failure and that is not always a bad thing.
We have to look at the failure of the Federal government, the state, and the county when it comes to imprudent spending if we are to survive this depression.
How can I trust that Governor Brown who had all the manpower of the state to cull out all the criminal and unethical activity in a small, rural, mountain hospital, which included misspending, actually squandering, but doesn't follow through?
I don't remember how many cell phones were turned off in California government offices recently, but Governor Brown can be proud that he made sure that happened.
Yet he could not handle a small hospital.
Bringing people and ideas together
One of our new Governor's promises I watch on my computer as we filmed it, is that he wanted, pre-election, of course, to bring people in to help tell him what needs to be done. People from all areas of the state were to come together so we could all assist our "superstar" in making effective changes.
Never happened. I think my name was first on the list, but I also think our "Retrocrat" was toying with us. Every move Governor Brown has made so far, is to allow one politician, himself, to usurp and monopolize the power of all the others.
He forgot KVHD
With the election behind him, and an economy that can't fill the tank so it can travel into the future, Brown missed out on opportunities to see just how a small hospital finds loopholes in it's finances, passes them out to the top tier, and ignores severe quality issues.
Simply avoiding a grievous mistake such as what our Governor did leaving a mountain community with a hospital on the brink of disaster, or just a disaster, by allowing another agency, the California Office of Statewide Planning and Development and their tumor, Cal Mtg., to financially take control seems a lot like, "collusion?"
The budget
Now, last I heard the state budget gap was around 9 billion, and I can tell you where to find some money: KVHD.
Apparently, the Kern Valley Healthcare District, had millions to spend over the past five years, and yet they are in a deep pit of denial.
In 2010, the CFO promised West America Bank that they would garner "millions" from the general obligation bond, "Measure G," and told debt insurer, Cal Mtg., that 80% of the community were supporting more taxes for the hospital.
Those overstatements lead to a line of credit which was initially said to pay off the August 2010 "old debt" payment of 800K dollars. That statement was quickly rescinded, (actually it took two months for them to come up with a ruse, but they forget they say it on video, hard to take back) and then they played dumb. (it comes easy)
This is what I don't understand
Politicians talk about doing all sorts of things, including telling the truth, but they don't follow through.
KVHD is an example of some of the most egregious financial miscalculations, fraud and abuse, so what does that make the people who are supposed to be overseeing them?
A) Criminals
B) graduates of the California educational system
C) Blind
D) inbred
E) all of the above
Answer: E
Come and get it
If there's one thing Jerry Brown said that I agree with and that is we will have reform or revolution, and the latter is looking more likely as our leaders aren't busting the "white collar gangs" rather they zero in on pot growers or certain "protestors" who not only don't parasitically drain community services, they are also part of the tax base.
White collar crime amounts to losses in billions each year, yet it has been only tepidly pursued?
I would agree with others who have tagged Brown as frugal, so how could he miss the imprudence with KVHD? This is what Brown is known for dragging out the spenders. Didn't it at least irritate his coupon clipping senses?
Where was he at KVHD when a certain CEO was being given train and plane rides, housing, along with the CFO and his long time, toll free, lair?
If Jerry Brown can reach a budget settlement that will both cut waste and promote future growth than we would have to assume he could have done that to this valley hospital. That does not bode well for any of us Californians as the hospital has been given more chances than a death row murderer...
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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