Freese Decker held various strategic and operational roles before being named to the top job in 2018. An additional director will also be named. Marshall is big news in Michigan these days, as the state has earmarked more than $1 billion in subsidies for Ford Motor Co. to build an electric battery plant on . Spectrum appears to have grown organically, focused on a region it knows well. Fox and spinmeister Geary have a history of making statements that are deceptive and misleading, a compilation of which can be found here. Spectrums takeover must be approved by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Federal Trade Commission. When you sign the documents that will permanently change this region, your signature will forever hold you accountable for the repercussions, Freed said in a letterhe posted on LinkedIn. 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. 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. (Deadline Detroit art work ), 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. Disgruntled Staff. Fox also disclosed that Beaumont has earmarked $40 million to purchase state-of-the-art beds, some of which are already being delivered. My sense about Spectrum is that if doctors had serious patient safety concerns and felt the need to circumvent management to get them addressed, the hospital companys board would take the matter quite seriously. Support our reporting by becoming aDeadline Detroit memberfor as little as $3 per month. The Beaumont Health System, comprised of Royal Oak, Troy, and Grosse Pointe hospitals, was far superior and the expectation was that the merger would elevate the quality of staff and patient care at the Oakwood and Botsford hospitals. Starkman: America's Mistakenly Entitled Restaurant Workers February 08, 2023, 12:24 PM - Starkman Approved 'The Week That Was:' Why Police Have Groups Like the 'Scorpion Unit' February 03,. Spectrum CEO Tina Freese Decker will lead the combined company. Terms of the deal arent disclosed, likely because Spectrum is gaining control of Beaumont and its $3.5 billion reserve for next-to-nothing, and possibly paying nothing at all based on Foxs previous deal making. As one source commented: Why doesnt the board just give Fox $25 million to go away?. Beaumont reported operating revenues of $4.6 billion in 2020 and is only an eight-hospital system. 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. The writer, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs atStarkman Approved. 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 higher health care costs in that state. A traditional Bachelor of Science degree in nursing is typically four years. This columnist, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs atStarkman Approved. The quality of care has declined to such a degree that insiders readily admit they wouldnt entrust their families care to the hospital. View Comments. But unlike Beaumont, Henry Fords staffing issues arent due to mismanagement. If the proposed merger goes through, seven Beaumont board members will serve on the board of the combined companies. Hospital plans are designed to incentivize doctors not to order or recommend expensive procedures in order to reduce payouts. Instead, they allowed Spectrum to acquire Beaumont, creating Michigans biggest hospital system, as well as the states biggest employer. A responsible attorney general would have removed Fox, board chair Julie Fream, and the other Beaumont directors who stood idly by a long time ago. The situation has become so acute that an ICU patient was recently treated in Troys ER. Various studies, including one published in 2019 by Harvard researchers, also show that hospital mergers result in worsened patient experiences. Freese Decker cant say she wasnt warned. Though Spectrum Health is a respectable hospital network run by a management and board deeply committed to the Grand Rapids area, the evidence is overwhelming that southeastern Michigan residents wont ultimately benefit from the deal. 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Combining Spectrum with Beaumont would be akin to Target, whose management is respected and its brand has a loyal following, merging with Macys, a troubled chain whose flagship store in midtown Manhattan has lost its luster much like Beaumont Royal Oak. Fox owns homes in Atlanta and North Carolina, Wilsons primary home is in Grand Rapids, Jordan, Beaumonts chief counsel, commutes from Atlanta, as does Susan Grant, the companys chief nursing officer. Beaumonts Fox doesnt take pride in the directors he is supposedly accountable to, possibly because he regards them as his subordinates. If this is a signal of what to expect if Grand Rapids-based Spectrum Health is allowed to rescue Beaumont Health from further decline, maybe the takeover isnt quite as ill-advised as I thought. Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. That could further worsen Beaumonts nursing shortage. Jane Jordan, Beaumonts general counsel, is said to have stuck around only to help Fox negotiate a merger deal. Beaumont Health was significantly impacted by these financial and workforce headwinds that were particularly strong in Southeast Michigan (in the second quarter). Its Beaumonts attempt to mislead southeastern Michigan residents that they arent losing a local institution. My guess is that if Freed understood how Beaumonts directors stood idly by while Beaumont imploded, hed challenge their appointments regardless. Beaumont does not have a good reputation regarding how they treat employees. She bolted last month. Even when Fox announces a merger deal with Spectrum, theres still no guarantee it will go through. 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. Funny we only now are learning just how badly Fox ran Beaumont into the ground. That wasnt entirely true. Even Beaumont employees suffering from myopia can read this writing . The writer, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved. If there was an annual award for the healthcare industrys biggest chump, I defy anyone to propose a more worthy recipient than Tina Freese Decker, CEO of Grand Rapids-based Spectrum Health. About a half dozen of Freams former board cronies also serve on the Spectrum board, once entirely controlled by Grand Rapids and western Michigan-based residents. He also noted that Beaumont received Medicare advances of $505 million in 2020 that needs to be returned this year. But Beaumonts release last month announcing her elevation to chair to replace John Lewis provides some insight. The FTC is headed by Lina Khan, a Democrat appointed by Biden and sworn in last June 15 to a three-year term. Freese Decker grabbed the brass ring, but it was badly tarnished. Destroying Beaumont and Spectrum Health, Covid Not Responsible for ER Debacles at Beaumont RO and Troy, Sh** Show at Beaumont Endoscopy Suite in Chaos Amid Nursing Shortage, C-Section Horror at Beaumont Lawsuit Claims Surgeon Left Sponge in Patients Abdomen, Former Spectrum CFO Trashes Beaumont Merger and Warns of 'Massive Financial Loss', Beaumont's Merger Partner Reveals its Disingenuous, Deceptive, Disrespectful Nature, Spectrum Healths Black Employees Explore Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Systemic Racism, Beware! Its not clear whether Freed knows that Beaumont CEO John Fox was among U.S. hospital executives who shouted the loudest about a looming financial crisis for the health care industry because of the pandemic. Much of Freeds letter focuses on why merging with Beaumont is very bad for western Michigan residents, but in doing so he calls out Beaumonts lack of financial transparency and notes that the few disclosures Beaumont makes dont add up. With regards to healthcare, Nessel is a do-nothing attorney general who has stood idly by as Fox drove Beaumont into the ground and is expected to rubber stamp Spectrums takeover. So What? 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Spectrums board strikes me as pretty buttoned up, so they might not yet appreciate the extent of how damaged Beaumont really is. According to the most recently available filings, Freese Decker earned $3.9 million in 2018. The deal will invariably be good for Fox, as he will likely get a very lucrative exit package to sail into the Georgia sunset. to Michigan Tweet. They say waits extending six hours and beyond stem from a chronic shortage of inpatient nurses thats forced the closing of various wards. A Grand Rapids television station revealed that operating room OBGYN doctors were posting photos on social media of them holding up surgically removed organ and tissue material as part of a game they likened to The Price Is Right. The report by NBC affiliate WOODis a classic worth watching because the reporter cant believe what shes actually reporting. Less readily understood is why Spectrum would want to do a deal. The companys chief revenue officer left earlier this month. Freed doesnt disclose his hunch about Beaumonts financials, which received less oversight than he possibly knows. Fox that year was paid $5.9 million. 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.. Wright Lassiter III, president and CEO of Henry Ford Health System, is chair of the AHA. Its reasonable to assume the real reason for Freams elevation was the board knew Fox was close to inking a deal with a merger partner. In what will likely be his final FU to Metro Detroit, Fox will depart on Friday. In June of last year Fox announced he planned to merge Beaumont into Advocate Aurora, a Chicago-based hospital network whose CEO was on record as having insatiableambitious plans. What, if any, role Wilson will play after the merger hasnt been disclosed. Spectrums board includes Doug DeVos, co-chair of Amway, whose family is among the most powerful in Michigan. Those workforce headwinds should have been known to Freese Decker well before she took over Beaumont. Beaumont is a crippled hospital network on management life support. Copyrightdocument.write(new Date().getFullYear());Deadline Detroit, Inc. - All Rights Reserved, Michael Freed doesn't "see any value in this merger. Beaumont derailed the effort after spending nearly $2 million on union busters, furthering ill will among its nurses. Also unavailable for clarifications will be Dawn Geisert, Beaumonts former compliance chief. Beaumont is having difficulty attracting mid- and lower-level employees as well. But ER nurses are angry with Melissa Foreman Lovell, Troys chief nursing officer, who they say rarely appears at the hospital. 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. Have you tried to find Beaumont Healths financial statements? Freed asks. Starkman: Electric Vehicles and the Exploitation of Michigan Taxpayers. Instead, thanks to aggressive cost cutting and other misguided decisions by Fox and COO Carolyn Wilson, Beaumont imploded. In his video, Fox disclosed that none of the monies for the planned expansion are being diverted from funds to deal with Beaumonts chronic staff shortages that have forced the closing of wards because there isnt sufficient medical staff to cover them. The writer, a Los Angeles freelancer and formerDetroit News business reporter, blogs atStarkman Approved. According to one source, Beaumont at least until recently had more than 3,000 job openings. More importantly, I doubt that Spectrums doctors would feel the need to circumvent management in the first place. That leaves the hospital with just two cardiothoracic surgeons, down from nine years ago. His chief marketing officer resigned last September, his CFO quit in March, his chief compliance officer left a few weeks ago, and his chief revenue officer is out the door in a few days. Beaumont CEO Fox and COO Wilson Must Go Now! Reach Eric Starkman at: eric@starkmanapproved.com. 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. The joint release promotes the benefits of Priority Health, Spectrums insurance plan. 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. 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. Despite Freeds damning allegations, Beaumont spokesman Mark Geary ignored a request for comment. Newsweek Ranks 3 Beaumont Hospitals Among Best in U.S. One Down, Three to Go. 'The Week That Was:' Will Kristina Karamo Seriously Damage Michigan's Republican Party? 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. Among the benefits of the deal Fox trumpeted was a $1 billion commitment to move the William Beaumont School of Medicine from Oakland University to Beaumonts flagship Royal Oak campus and a significant increase in technology spending. Reach Eric Starkman at eric@starkmanapproved.com . Merging with Beaumont would more than double Spectrums size in some areas. There is compelling research showing that hospital mergers result in higher patient costs and reduced quality of care. Spectrums previous head of diversity was Ovell Barbee, an African American, who Spectrum proudly announced last April was named one of the leading diversity executives in the country. Hes even willing to exploit the publics fear of Covid to distract from his own mismanagement. Share. Spectrum also experienced considerable turnover of Black employees, some of whom considered filing a class action lawsuit . In his video, Fox was wearing a pinstripe suit jacket, not his trademark blue blazer. Beaumont nurses and nurse anesthetists quit in droves, joining staffing agencies that paid them more money and ensured them better working conditions. By Eric Starkman Beaumont Health CEO John Fox has no shame. A lifelong Michigander with an impressive background, Barbee resigned in October to join Indiana University Health as head of HR. Pamela Ries, senior vice president and head of HR at Spectrum, is listed as chief integration officer. Henry Ford Hospital announced this week that it was closing 120 inpatient beds systemwide due to staffing shortages. Yet neither Whitmer or Nessel demanded any diversity or health equity commitments from Spectrum as a condition of its takeover. Rather than having people speculate he was passed over, he chose to step down in advance. Beaumont institutionally has a very tenuous relationship with truth. It seems unlikely that Beaumont would embark on a major expansion without the input and signoff of Spectrum, which is awaiting regulatory approval to take over the faltering Southfield-based hospital system. To support Deadline Detroit's independent journalism, please sign up for a $3a month membership or a one-time donation. The only remaining senior management executives are Grant, the chief nursing officer, and Jane Jordan, the chief lawyer, who like Grant and CEO Fox, has her primary home in Atlanta. Susan Grant, the chief nursing officer for all of Beaumont, has her primary home in Atlanta. A hospital CEO committed to the best interests of their organization and the communities it services would typically demand a premium of one times the annual revenue, meaning Spectrum should pay nearly $5 billion to take over Beaumont. On Thursday he posted an open letteron his LinkedIn page to Spectrums board implicitly questioning Beaumont Health's financials and warning that merging with the Southfield-based hospital network is ill advised. Reach Eric Starkman at: eric@starkmanapproved.com. Why would Beaumont nurses want to remain on staff when they can make more money working at a staffing agency? 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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. Eric Starkman of Los Angeles is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved. We talk with many of them, Joanne Giardini-Russell, a Brighton Medicare consultant posted on Freeds LinkedIn page. We are incredibly excited about the impact the BHSH Beaumont Health Nurse Scholar program will have in health care and for our communities.. The merger talking points for Beaumonts leaders includes a commitment to improve health equity. This from a healthcare company that at the height of the Michigan pandemic last yeartemporarilyclosed Beaumont Wayne, a hospital catering to economically disadvantaged individuals with little or no insurance. Several prominent Beaumont doctors warned the board they had serious concerns about the anesthesia outsourcing company before it took over, but Beaumonts board ignored the concerns. Despite the pandemic, which has forced Spectrum to call for military assistance to support its flagship hospital, CEO Tina Freese Decker recently disclosed that shes been focused on integrating Spectrum and Beaumont, creating Michigans biggest hospital system as well as the biggest employer. As best I can tell, Freese Decker is genuinely committed to forging relationships with the communities Spectrum serves, unlike Fox and his managers, many of whom dont even live in the Detroit area. If theyre out there, theyre certainly not easy to find and, no, a few quotes about financials every quarter does not count as transparency, at least not in my book.. 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Beaumont Royal Oak is a Level I regional hospital, which according to the American Trauma Society means it is required to have 24/7 staffing available to provide total care for every aspect of injury from prevention through rehabilitation. The American Hospital Association (AHA), the trade group focused on promoting the financial interests of nonprofit hospitals and their managements, is a major lobbying force in Washington. September 15, 2020, 9:36 PM . To support Deadline Detroit's independent. To support Deadline Detroit's independent journalism, please sign up for a $3a month membership or a one-time donation. 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. No one from southeastern Michigan has emerged promising to hold Julie Fream and other Beaumont directors who supported Fox accountable for the harm theyve caused Metro Detroit residents. Beaumont CEO John Fox will forever be remembered in the Detroit area as a con man. According to a source, some travel nurses are being paid lucrative wages to work only three or four shifts a week. They are looking at diversity as a numbers game. 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. John Kerndl, who joined Beaumont in 2016, quit in March. Despite these challenges, our team members continued to provide nationally recognized health care and we were able to make new investments in the market and bring on new talent, Spectrum said. I can suspect what the problem is but, without transparency, I cant know.. Under Freese Deckers leadership, Spectrum experienced considerable turnover of its Black employees, some of whom approached an attorney to explore whether they had cause to file a discrimination lawsuit. Another open position is the Chief Inclusion, Equity, Diversity and Social Impact Officer.. 'The Week That Was:' Will Kristina Karamo Seriously Damage Michigan's Republican Party? Beaumont, consistent with its practice of putting a spin on undesirable news, notified employees that it is making "good progress" toward . By Eric Starkman Beaumont Health CEO John Fox has no shame. Studies out of Israel suggest that Pfizers vaccine protection begins waning after six months, but the FDA said that U.S. data is inconclusive. By Eric Starkman. To the distaste of the pediatric heads colleagues, Susick walked him out of the hospital in front of his staff. Spectrums four-person communications team also ignored a request for comment. Eric Starkman of Los Angeles is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved. February 02, 2022, 4:58 PM . Fox didnt disclose how much Beaumont will spend to fund its real estate expansion. Starkman: Beaumont's Woes Prove CEO Tina Freese Decker Unfit to Run Michigan's Biggest Hospital System Tweet Share August 19, 2022, 3:14 PM The writer, a Los Angeles freelancer and former. Spectrum also is comfortable issuing misleading or deceptive statements, so culturally Beaumont is possibly a great fit. Spectrum and Beaumont are not corporate equals. Reach Eric Starkman at: eric@starkmanapproved.com. John Kerndl and Denise Waters. Consultants are part of the . It should give Grand Rapids residents cold shivers that the chair of Spectrum is Julie Fream, who was vice chair of Beaumont when Fox destroyed the hospital system's once nationally vaunted reputation. 'The Week That Was:' Will Kristina Karamo Seriously Damage Michigan's Republican Party? Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. Employees blame them both for Beaumonts implosion. Starkman: Electric Vehicles and the Exploitation of Michigan Taxpayers. Starkman: Beaumont's FU to Metro Detroit and its Covid-19 Workers Tweet. Freed has vowed he will hold Spectrums directors accountable for the repercussions to his Grand Rapids community. Under Susicks leadership, Beaumont Royal Oak precipitously declined, and internally she was viewed as a Fox sycophant. Said Kevin Cawley, a Michigan health care consultant: The only possible value I could identify (for the merger) was in national and international physician recruitment, and that frankly is a stretch.. Even more disconcerting: Beaumont chairwoman Julie Fream will serve as chairwoman if the companies merge. Spectrum was projecting a loss of $57.1 million, which . . Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel could also have moved to block the Spectrum deal or demanded certain concessions, but she has proven to be a regulatory lightweight, particularly on matters relating to healthcare. Turns out Beaumonts reported $4 billion reserve also dwindled by the time Fox turned over the keys to Freese Decker. Starkman: Prominent Beaumont Cardiologist Calls for Ouster of Corporate Leaders, The Beaumont Health Superheroes Who Spoke Truth to Power, The Discredited PR Spin of Beaumont Health CEO John Fox, Beaumont and Advocate Aurora End Merger Discussions, Prominent Beaumont Donor Calls for Firing of CEO John Fox and His Key Executives, 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. Share. This columnist, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs atStarkman Approved. Soon after, Fox announced the Advocate Aurora deal. The merger rationale was that hospitals benefitted from getting bigger and achieving economies of scale. Freed is seemingly unaware of how desperate Beaumont CEO John Fox is to find a merger partner and complete the sale before year-end. Bloomberg on Wednesday posted an editorial warning about the growing merger trend among hospitals, noting that it leads to higher insurance prices. This columnist, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved.. By Eric Starkman. Fox isnt the only hospital executive looking to exploit the perception that the unvaccinated are responsible for wreaking havoc. Allowing them to continue profiting from their mismanagement would undermine Spectrum managements credibility from the get-go. I only see the potential for massive financial loss., Freed warns Spectrums directors: When you sign the documents that will permanently change this region, your signature will forever hold you accountable for the repercussions.. Freese Decker is likely assured a big pay increase and bonus. 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Beaumonts release last month announcing her elevation to chair to replace John Lewis provides insight.

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