Re: degrees

On 10/19/2024 9:04 PM, bitrex wrote:

Bankrupt Steward Health Care originated in Massachusetts, their web site stopped acknowledging they had any properties in MA well before the deal was closed.
 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steward_Health_Care>
 <https://www.enterprisenews.com/story/news/local/2024/08/16/brockton-massachusetts-good-samaritan-medical-center-sale-announced-stewart-bankruptcy/74828700007/>
 Hilarious that Good Samaritan used to be the most profitable hospital in the state and got "A" grades under Steward, the place was a dump.

SWMBO tracked the expenditures of capital projects at one of the
local hospitals (there are 10 of them in town).  It is amazing that
they can actually practice medicine in these facilities; doctors
always want "special changes", equipment gets moved around seemingly
without any planning, etc.
Patient rooms are frequently removed from the areas that provide
their *services*.  ERs have lots of staging areas that allow pts to
move from one to another... instead of actually getting *care*, etc.
The tax law must have quirks that allow hospitals to do things
that "make no sense" to average joes.  E.g., inflating the
cost of a service for a "cash customer"... then, writing it down
to something more reasonable.  What happens to the "funny money"
in terms of taxes?