Staff at Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach say it's facing retaliation for trying to end its affiliation with the giant Catholic hospital chain Providence Health.
From columnist @hiltzikm: latimes.com/business/story…
From columnist @hiltzikm: latimes.com/business/story…
In June, Providence terminated Hoag’s specialists from St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare, its network of medical providers for managed care plans in Southern California. latimes.com/business/story…
According to USC expert Glenn Melnick, who has been consulting with Hoag officials, Providence didn’t inform patients of the change until late Nov., giving them little time to find new specialists before they had to choose their healthcare plans for 2021. latimes.com/business/story…
In early December, Providence informed Heritage members that they would lose access to Hoag’s 13 urgent care centers by the end of the month, “even though the urgent care centers have been a first line of defense in fighting the pandemic,” Melnick said. latimes.com/business/story…
These changes followed the filing of a lawsuit by Hoag to dissolve its affiliation with Providence.
The lawsuit says that Hoag and the community have suffered from the imposition of Catholic Church restrictions on healthcare upon Hoag’s operations.
latimes.com/business/story…
The lawsuit says that Hoag and the community have suffered from the imposition of Catholic Church restrictions on healthcare upon Hoag’s operations.
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Some at Hoag connect Providence’s actions directly to Hoag’s effort to extricate itself from the affiliation.
“Cutting off access to specialists feels retaliatory,” says Robert Louis, a specialist at Hoag. The burden, he adds, falls directly on patients. latimes.com/business/story…
“Cutting off access to specialists feels retaliatory,” says Robert Louis, a specialist at Hoag. The burden, he adds, falls directly on patients. latimes.com/business/story…
Providence’s notice to patients that Hoag facilities and physicians would be dropped from its network came at an inopportune time — during the late-2020 surge in COVID-19 cases and toward the end of the open enrollment period for 2021 health plans. latimes.com/business/story…
The affiliation of Hoag with Providence "was a bad idea from the start,” columnist @hiltzikm writes.
“If Providence really believes in improving healthcare in Southern California, it will cut Hoag loose, without extracting a ransom.” latimes.com/business/story…
“If Providence really believes in improving healthcare in Southern California, it will cut Hoag loose, without extracting a ransom.” latimes.com/business/story…
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