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Community peer reviewed hospital; ceo resigns. Click here.
"The corporation that may have helped to drive away two long-established surgeons got taxpayers to pay half the $275,000
cost of finding a replacement. The tax-exempt corporation€™s form 990 showed that at least nine hospital executives, one in this rural community, were making more than $200,000 per year,
and one was being paid $600,000.
Under scrutiny for the administration€™s treatment of
physicians, David Wagner, vice president and chief operating officer at Christus Spohn-Beeville, resigned. He will not, Dr.
Huntoon notes, get reported to a national data bank nor have his career ruined.
The incident shows the importance
of bringing public scrutiny to bear on a situation that affects the public but that hospitals try to keep hidden, Dr. Huntoon
states.
Additional information:
For these stories from the Bee-Picayune, go to www.bee-picayune.com/archive1.shtml
and search on words from the article title:
* €œWhy won€™t our local doctors speak out? A
nationally renowned physician will tell us why physicians everywhere are fearful of bucking hospital execs.€
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€œAdvisory Board can€™t resolve dispute between doctors and Christus Spohn, member says.€
* €œCommittee chosen to study why doctors quit.€
* €œBeeville hospital without
local surgeons.€
* €œDr. Arthur Chin resigned privileges at hospital Friday
* €œWhy
are our doctors leaving?€
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