Nursing shortages are causing havoc at other Beaumont hospitals as well. This columnist, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved. By Eric Starkman. to Michigan Tweet. April 18, 2020, 3:27 PM . The nursing shortage in our state is a critical and complex challenge that must be solved with bold and collaborative solutions, the Detroit Free Press quoted Freese Decker as saying. That could further worsen Beaumonts nursing shortage. He's even willing to. He said the expansion would involve a lot of local planning in terms of where these bed towers are located, which seemingly indicates that Beaumont is planning to expand its real estate footprint. Share. As of this writing, Freeds letter received 40 likes and other shows of support, and not a single criticism. The company announced this week that Aaron Gillingham, Beaumont Healths senior vice president and chief human resources officer and interim chief compliance officer, has resigned. At Beaumont's Royal Oak, Troy, and Grosse Pointe hospitals an elite team of more than 70 anesthesiologists trained and experienced with intubation performed all the procedures. Fox and Wilson could possibly be given lucrative ceremonial or consulting roles, which would antagonize Beaumonts rank-and-file because both executives are widely despised. His latest story for DeadlineDetroit.com shows that high ranking executives are being let go in advance of the proposed merger with Grand Rapids based Spectrum Health. Reach Eric Starkman at: eric@starkmanapproved.com. Companies often create diversity positions for window dressing purposes. Beaumont Health CEO John Fox, the Atlanta carpetbagger who destroyed the companys flagship Royal Oak hospital while pocketing more than $20 million for himself, appears close to pulling off what he set out to do from the moment he arrived in Metro Detroit six years ago: Merging southeastern Michigans biggest hospital network out of existence. Spectrums four-person communications team also ignored a request for comment. No doubt the pot of cash is the bait that got the merger talks going. Fox is about 70, and given his failed performance, it was a given that he wouldn't lead the combined Spectrum Beaumont entity. Yet the Leapfrog safety rating of Henry Fords flagship hospital in Detroit is a C, while its ambulatory center in more affluent West Bloomfield enjoys an A. HFH chief Lassiter is Black, and almost half of the flagship hospitals staff is nonwhite. The Chief People Officer position is listed as open, indicating that Ries isnt getting the top HR job at BHSH. We talk with many of them, Joanne Giardini-Russell, a Brighton Medicare consultant posted on Freeds LinkedIn page. This is Beaumont's latest attempt to merge with another hospital . Fox that year was paid $5.9 million. Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. The FTCs approval isnt certain, as President Biden has asked the agency to be more critical of mergers. Henry Ford in Detroit in years past enjoyed an A safety rating. Not a situation one would expect given that Freese Decker said her biggest priority was building a health system that celebrates and reinforces diversity and inclusion.. Beaumonts Fox doesnt take pride in the directors he is supposedly accountable to, possibly because he regards them as his subordinates. Why would Beaumont nurses want to remain on staff when they can make more money working at a staffing agency? Beaumont Troy is a Level II and must also be prepared to handle a wide range of emergencies. Meet Michael Freed, decidedly among the bravest persons in . In its announcement to employees, Beaumont said the merged company will maintain dual headquarters in Southfield and Grand Rapids, an economically inefficient move if true but it likely isnt. The metric that matters most is quality of patient care. Fox and Geary have referred to the Spectrum transaction as a merger and a partnership. Fox has disclosed that he will depart once the deal is completed, and Id be surprised if Grant and Jordan plan to stick around. Starkman: Electric Vehicles and the Exploitation of Michigan Taxpayers. Theres no prestige working at Beaumont anymore. The Detroit Free Press quotedSpectrum's Freese Decker as saying, Today is a historic day. Its one of the rare instances where shes made a statement of undeniable truth. Beaumont CFO John Kerndl Resigns, Beaumont Nurse Anesthetists Union Drive Could Save Imploding Hospital from Further Demise, Layoffs. As an example of their power and influence, they have managed to derail enforcement of rules the Trump Administration issued requiring hospitals to be transparent about their prices. Speaking of Oakland University, when Fox announced his ill-fated attempt to merge Beaumont into Chicago-based Advocate Aurora, one of the few benefits he touted was that Advocate Aurora had agreed to move Oakland Universitys William Beaumont School of Medicine to Beaumonts Royal Oak campus. Gretchen Whitmer. Given that a survey of Beaumont doctors revealed last year they had no confidence in Fox, Wilson, and chief medical officer David Wood Jr., recruiting top quality executives to Beaumont is a near impossible challenge with Fox and Wilson at the helm. The deal will invariably be good for Fox, as he will likely get a very lucrative exit package to sail into the Georgia sunset. Whats becoming increasingly obvious is how Freese Decker, like John Fox, is prone to making public statements that have no basis in fact. A traditional Bachelor of Science degree in nursing is typically four years. The FTC decision to implicitly rubber stamp Spectrums takeover underscores the weakness of President Bidens leadership and the little respect he commands, even among his own appointees. Yet the, Nessels do nothing stance on healthcare matters is in sharp contrast to her Massachusetts counterpart Maura Healey, who has moved to block the expansion of Massachusetts General Brigham on the grounds it will lead to, Former California Attorney General Xavier Becerra won a $575 million landmark settlement against Sutter Health for using the market dominance it obtained through a series of mergers to illegally drive-up prices. Fox has a change of control clause in his contract, meaning he will likely receive a lucrative exit package. The merger could still fall apart if Spectrum has a top-notch duediligence team. Those workforce headwinds should have been known to Freese Decker well before she took over Beaumont. Starkman: Electric Vehicles and the Exploitation of Michigan Taxpayers. There are some serious issues with NorthStar Anesthesia, the Texas-based outsourcing company that Wilson bet the farm on and losing badly so far. Share. John Kerndl and Denise Waters. Six months into Freese Deckers acquisition of Beaumont Health from former controversial CEO John Fox, metro Detroits biggest hospital system is suffering from a pandemic of red ink. Eric Starkman of Los Angeles is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved. Craig's guest is Eric Starkman, Deadline Detroit contributor and author of the blog Starkman Approved. Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. As Deadline Detroit recently reported, Beaumonts once-bustling endoscopy suite, where a patient died undergoing a routine colonoscopy in January, has suffered a rash of nurse resignations and can barely operate at 50 percent capacity. Freed is seemingly unaware of how desperate Beaumont CEO John Fox is to find a merger partner and complete the sale before year-end. Beaumont Health CEO John Fox has no shame. Merging with Beaumont would more than double Spectrums size in some areas. Most of Foxs senior management team has departed, and hes expected to leave once the takeover is completed and he receives the millions of dollars likely owed to him under his golden parachute agreement. He tweeted on Thursday that he was cautiously optimistic about certain aspects of the partnership. Copyrightdocument.write(new Date().getFullYear());Deadline Detroit, Inc. - All Rights Reserved, Starkman: Why Tree Huggers Must Save This Small Town in Michigan From Ford, 'Detroit In Black And White:' Why We Got Kicked Off 910 AM, Randy Wimbley Leaving Fox 2 After a Decade on the Air. In his letter, Freed expresses concern that seven Beaumont directors will be named to the combined Spectrum-Beaumont board and that they could ultimately exert undue influence. A company is headquartered where the CEO is based. When the Advocate Aurora deal was announced, Beaumont had a $2.5 billion cash reserve, so Advocate Aurora was essentially committing $1 billion, while retaining $1.5 billion. Starkman: Why Beaumont's John Fox Could Haul More Than $30 Million Back to Atlanta Tweet Share February 02, 2022, 4:58 PM Beaumont CEO John Fox The writer, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a. Spectrum also experienced considerable turnover of Black employees, some of whom considered filing a class action lawsuit . AG Dana Nessel was personally warned by Beaumont donor and former director Mark Shaevsky two years ago that Fox and his board cronies needed to be removed, but she allowed the hospital system to deteriorate, as did Michigan Gov. Giving some of them oversight over a considerably bigger hospital system is reckless and irresponsible. Starkman: Electric Vehicles and the Exploitation of Michigan Taxpayers. The list goes on. By Eric Starkman. That amounts to a Spectrum takeover in my book. Seven Failed Beaumont Directors Will Serve on Board If Spectrum Merger Gets Approval Tweet. Disgruntled Staff. According to one source, Beaumont at least until recently had more than 3,000 job openings. The FTC has a backlog of merger applications, and it could take months before it decides on the Spectrum/Beaumont deal. In addition to her Beaumont debacle, theres been considerable turnover in Spectrums senior ranks, mostly women. Beaumont CEO John Fox . Beaumont is offering all its nurses systemwide an additional $45 to $50 an hour bonus to work beyond their assigned shifts, an additional $15 an hour for techs. Spectrums financial statements indicate that cash and investments from the acquisition was $3.2 billion. Starkman: Beware! In quickly reviewing Spectrums website and news releases, I can't find evidence that Freese Decker has expressed the belief that Spectrum needed to achieve considerable size to survive and remain competitive. Beaumonts flagship Royal Oak hospital only garnered a four-star rating and its other hospitals earned two-and three-star ratings. Whats notable about the joint announcement and Beaumonts internal communications is whats missing. A Zoom video conference call that was leaked this week among physicians and the marketing director of a North Carolina hospital involved a discussion on how to manipulate Covid patient stats to make them more scary to the public. Henry Ford also said the unvaccinated were exacerbating its staff shortages. And given the sorry state of Beaumont resulting from Foxs leadership, its an emergency rescue. These contracted doctors also were responsible for setting up a Covid-19 ICU unit at Beaumont Troy. Eight will come from Spectrum, including Freese. Fox said Beaumonts lack of private rooms is a large critical area that has haunted us for decades. He said a comprehensive expansion plan would be finalized by year-end. Despite Freeds damning allegations, Beaumont spokesman Mark Geary ignored a request for comment. And Wilson could possibly be given lucrative ceremonial or consulting roles, which would Beaumonts. Turnover in spectrums senior ranks, mostly women losing badly so far the. 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