Only a Snowball’s Chance in Hell: Comment on A Call for Change in Healthcare Governance

Dr. Robbins’ is 100% correct of what should happen. The proposed changes would be great for patients and practitioners. Unfortunately, there is only a snowball’s chance in hell that any of these things could happen and here are my observations as to why. 1. First, and foremost what is happening now is what the government, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and all hospital systems want to happen. They want full, and I mean FULL control of all physicians. It is why they reimburse physicians who work for hospitals (owned by hospitals) more than they do in private practice. They therefore control the votes for Chief of Staff as they are now a large majority of staff members fully owned and because they won't risk their incomes they will vote as told. A private physician has little chance in these elections. 2. Second, when you call on the Joint ...