He's even willing to. But Beaumonts release last month announcing her elevation to chair to replace John Lewis provides some insight. Newsweek Ranks 3 Beaumont Hospitals Among Best in U.S. One Down, Three to Go. Beaumont derailed the effort after spending nearly $2 million on union busters, furthering ill will among its nurses. Eric Starkman of Los Angeles is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved. Spectrums financial statements indicate that cash and investments from the acquisition was $3.2 billion. June 17, 2021, 9:36 PM . 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 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. Funny we only now are learning just how badly Fox ran Beaumont into the ground. 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That Fox, who along with Wilson has shown they have no commitment to southeastern Michigan, was allowed to negotiate Beaumonts fate underscores just what an irresponsible disgrace Beaumonts board is. 'The Week That Was:' Will Kristina Karamo Seriously Damage Michigan's Republican Party? 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. Even if the executive couldnt restore Beaumont to its former glory, he or she could at least have minimized the damage and fetched a higher price for the hospital network than whatever Fox has negotiated. Starkman: Electric Vehicles and the Exploitation of Michigan Taxpayers. Under the terms of the deal Fox negotiated, Advocate Aurora would have taken over Beaumont and its $2.5 billion reserve without forking out a penny. The nursing scholarship wont alleviate Spectrums immediate nurse staffing issues. Starkman: Beaumont's FU to Metro Detroit and its Covid-19 Workers Tweet. Reach Eric Starkman at: eric@starkmanapproved.com. According to a source, some travel nurses are being paid lucrative wages to work only three or four shifts a week. 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. BHSH is what Spectrum calls its combined Beaumont and Spectrum operations. By Eric Starkman. Beaumont at one point claimed to have 38,000 employees, but with layoffs and unfilled positions its not clear how many employees remain. Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. Henry Ford in Detroit in years past enjoyed an A safety rating. The situation has become so acute that an ICU patient was recently treated in Troys ER. Freese Decker should be fired. A responsible board would have fired Fox months ago and brought in an interim CEO with strong ties to southeastern Michigan to try and stabilize the place. According to the most recently available filings, Freese Decker earned $3.9 million in 2018. 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. She bolted last month. 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. Starkman: Electric Vehicles and the Exploitation of Michigan Taxpayers. To be sure, Beaumont isnt alone in suffering from a nursing shortage. The good news is that Beaumont isnt overrun with critically ill Covid patients, which suggests that vaccines are doing what they were intended to do: Prevent people who contract the disease from becoming critically ill and dying. That resulted in Beaumont staff nurses working alongside nurses getting paid considerably more money doing the same job, prompting more staff nurses to leave. 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. The rankings are based on data compiled before Beaumont Royal Oak outsourced its anesthesia services, a controversial move linked to the death of a patient undergoing a routine colonoscopy and another patient landing in the ICU because of a pain medication overdose. Spectrums takeover must be approved by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Federal Trade Commission. 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. By Eric Starkman Beaumont Health CEO John Fox has no shame. 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. However, Beaumont Royal Oak is one of the busiest surgical centers in the country. Have you tried to find Beaumont Healths financial statements? Freed asks. Share. 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. Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. Instead, thanks to aggressive cost cutting and other misguided decisions by Fox and COO Carolyn Wilson, Beaumont imploded. This columnist, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs atStarkman Approved. Lewis resigned as chair just prior to Fox announcing Spectrums takeover and left the board in December. Understandably, Spectrum is a more profitable hospital system, but its profits also are bolstered by its lucrative Priority Health insurance arm. If (Beaumonts) operating margins are adequate, and they have plenty of cash, whats the problem? Reach Eric Starkman at: eric@starkmanapproved.com. Fox has blamed the pandemic for Beaumonts HR problems, but the issues predated Covid. Beaumont was once mostly staffed by highly skilled veterans, among the best in healthcare. The Detroit News. Fox, who owns homes in Atlanta and North Carolina, cant be bothered to even create the appearance that he cares about Beaumonts future. Why would Beaumont nurses want to remain on staff when they can make more money working at a staffing agency? The FTCs approval isnt certain, as President Biden has asked the agency to be more critical of mergers. Share. 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Spectrums prices are higher than Beaumonts, as the hospital network has significantly less competition in western Michigan. Its almost a mantra among Beaumont Royal Oak nurses that Henry Ford treats their nurses like royalty. Beaumont has had a contentious relationship with its Royal Oak nurses for years, prompting them to try to organize a union two years ago. Spectrum also reported that Beaumont lost $253 million on its investments. Its Beaumonts attempt to mislead southeastern Michigan residents that they arent losing a local institution. Maybe they dont teach this at the University of Iowa from where Freese Decker received her Master of Health Administration, but when a hospital spends nearly $2 million as John Fox did to intimidate nurses at his flagship Royal Oak hospital and derailed a unionizing attempt, it creates bad blood. Gretchen Whitmer were silent. 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.. Nursing shortages are causing havoc at other Beaumont hospitals as well. That wasnt entirely true. How Absurd. 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. In what will likely be his final FU to Metro Detroit, Fox will depart on Friday. Reach Eric Starkman at: eric@starkmanapproved.com. In another example of how Freese Decker is just like John Fox in looking to deceive and distract, Spectrum announced it will provide Oakland University with $20 million over the next five years for a Beaumont Health Nurse Scholar Program. He didnt address staff as folks as hes repeatedly done in the past and he looked more relaxed and rested than in previous videos. That amounts to a Spectrum takeover in my book. The terms of the deal were so obscenely favorable to Advocate Aurora that Rep. Andy Levin, whose district includes Beaumont Royal Oak, announced he would oppose the deal. Freese Decker this week toured Beaumont Troy Hospital, and notably neither Fox nor COO Carolyn Wilson were in tow. Eric Starkman of Los Angeles is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved.. By Eric Starkman. A source told me that Barbee was highly regarded among Spectrums Black employees but was frustrated by his inability to achieve meaningful change. Indiana University Health has 16 hospitals and 36,000 employees. The joint release promotes the benefits of Priority Health, Spectrums insurance plan. 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. Lewis previously served on the board of one of Beaumonts predecessor companies and likely didnt want to continue after Beaumont completed its merger. Typically, when deals of these sorts are announced, the CEO of the acquired company pays lip service to being committed to ensuring a smooth transition and promises to stick around and lend their full support. Pamela Ries, senior vice president and head of HR at Spectrum, is listed as chief integration officer. Lina Khan of the Federal Trade Commission, Hospital prices in southeastern Michigan are among the lowest in the country, so one would have to be incredibly nave to believe Spectrums claim that its takeover will lead to more affordable care. Spectrum spokeswoman Ellen Bristol Wednesday morning said she would look into whether a merger was imminent, seeming to indicate Deadline Detroits inquiry was the first shed heard of a potential deal. He tweeted on Thursday that he was cautiously optimistic about certain aspects of the partnership. As often happens when you meld two organizations, the weaker one brings the stronger one down. Eric Starkman of Los Angeles is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved. Starkman: Beaumont CFO John Kerndl and Top CEO Aide Say No! To support Deadline Detroit's independent journalism, please sign up for a $3a month membership or a one-time donation. No doubt the pot of cash is the bait that got the merger talks going. Support our reporting and commentary by becoming a Deadline Detroit member for as little as $3 per month. Companies often create diversity positions for window dressing purposes. Freese Deckers bio said her biggest priority is building a health system that celebrates and reinforces diversity and inclusion for employees, patients, families, and members. Yet the entire BHSH senior management team as best I can tell is as lily white as a loaf of Wonder bread. And given the sorry state of Beaumont resulting from Foxs leadership, its an emergency rescue. Craig's guest is Eric Starkman, Deadline Detroit contributor and author of the blog Starkman Approved. Spectrum, with $6.9 billion in revenues, operates 14 hospitals in the western side of the stateand has 30,000 employees. Thats how Beaumont ended up in the sorry state that it did. Beaumont, consistent with its practice of putting a spin on undesirable news, notified employees that it is making "good progress" toward . Fox, who has already been paid more than $20 million in compensation since joining Beaumont in 2016, potentially stands to earn tens of millions more if regulators approve Spectrums takeover. Spectrumissued a statement to MiBizabout the disastrous financials reminiscent of the spin Fox served up during his seven-year tenure. to Michigan Tweet. Spectrum was projecting a loss of $57.1 million, which . Beaumont is having difficulty attracting mid- and lower-level employees as well. I can suspect what the problem is but, without transparency, I cant know.. This columnist, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved.. By Eric Starkman. Under Susicks leadership, Beaumont Royal Oak precipitously declined, and internally she was viewed as a Fox sycophant. Financially, the pandemic was very good to Beaumont, as the hospital system pocketed an additional $1 billion for its $2.5 billion reserve kitty while furloughing and terminating hundreds of employees. Starkman: Prominent Beaumont Cardiologist Calls for Ouster of Corporate Leaders, The Clueless Generosity of Beaumont CEO John Fox, Beaumont's Bonuses and the Sorry State of Michigan's Political Leadership, The Controversial Company Beaumont CEO John Fox Keeps, Beaumont Chief John Fox to Detroit-Area Children -- FU Too, 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. After she announced the deal, former Spectrum CFO Michael Freed publicly alerted Spectrum's then board the deal could result in a massive financial loss.. Travel nurses are also required to oversee only four patients at a time and are exempted from having to transport patients to other areas of the hospital. Under their oversight, Beaumont suffered a precipitous decline in reputation and quality of care. As a result, patients requiring hospital admission must remain in the ER, diverting beds and staff normally dedicated to treating emergencies. Fox didnt disclose how much Beaumont will spend to fund its real estate expansion. Fox said Beaumont plans to ask for military assistance to support its other facilities. 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. Copyrightdocument.write(new Date().getFullYear());Deadline Detroit, Inc. - All Rights Reserved, Michael Freed doesn't "see any value in this merger. Freese Decker grabbed the brass ring, but it was badly tarnished. Yet neither Whitmer or Nessel demanded any diversity or health equity commitments from Spectrum as a condition of its takeover. Meet Michael Freed, decidedly among the bravest persons in . 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. Spectrum and Beaumont announced today that they are moving forward with Spectrums takeover, having provided the applicable regulatory agencies with all requested information. The deadline apparently has passed for the Federal Trade Commission to challenge the deal. Fox previously disclosed he talked to more than 100 hospital systems hoping to find a corporate bride for Beaumont. Beaumont nurses and nurse anesthetists quit in droves, joining staffing agencies that paid them more money and ensured them better working conditions. I dont see any value in this merger, Freed says of the marriage deal Spectrum and Beaumont jointly announced last week. Starkman: Electric Vehicles and the Exploitation of Michigan Taxpayers. The only aspect of the deal worth cheering about is that Fox will finally be removed from Beaumont, but the company shouldnt have to lose its independence to make that happen. That would mean it will take at least five years for Spectrums nurse program to bear fruit, so it wont do anything to alleviate the current nursing shortage. Working at Beaumont under Fox and his former COO Carolyn Wilson was a hellacious HR experience, and the pandemic worsened the situation. 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. Fox is about 70, and given his failed performance, it was a given that he wouldn't lead the combined Spectrum Beaumont entity. It marks the passing of a once great hospital system, and the creation of a giant Michigan hospital network Spectrums former CFO Michael Freed has warned could result in a massive financial loss.. Based on what was paid to the CEO of one of Beaumonts predecessor companies, Fox possibly stands to receive more than $30 million to sail into the Georgia sunset. Beaumont CFO John Kerndl Resigns, Beaumont Nurse Anesthetists Union Drive Could Save Imploding Hospital from Further Demise, Layoffs. Various studies, including one published in 2019 by Harvard researchers, also show that hospital mergers result in worsened patient experiences. That leaves the hospital with just two cardiothoracic surgeons, down from nine years ago. Despite warning the pandemic would destroy U.S. hospitals, Beaumont overall had a very good year in 2020, increasing its reserve by $1 billion to $3.5 billion. Less readily understood is why Spectrum would want to do a deal. But Spectrums management is 100 percent running the show. The merger could still fall apart if Spectrum has a top-notch duediligence team. By Eric Starkman John Fox, the Atlanta carpetbagger who washed up on the shores of southeastern Michigan seven years ago to bolster Beaumont Health's profits and gussy up Metro Detroit's. The FTC is headed by Lina Khan, a Democrat appointed by Biden and sworn in last June 15 to a three-year term. 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. Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. Spectrum and Beaumont are technically merging because the board of the combined companies will have near equal representation and Beaumont chair Julie Fream will serve as chair of the BHSH. 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. Freed has vowed he will hold Spectrums directors accountable for the repercussions to his Grand Rapids community. Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. He previously concluded a deal with Akron-based Summa Health but backed out despite already having received regulatory approval. 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. She never followed up with a comment. The Freep quoted Oakland University dean of nursing Judy Didion as saying it will take about a year to build the infrastructure until the school can begin to admit additional students. Freese Decker cant say she wasnt warned. Copyrightdocument.write(new Date().getFullYear());Deadline Detroit, Inc. - All Rights Reserved. Nurses employed by staffing agencies are paid more than staff nurses performing the same functions. Turns out Beaumonts reported $4 billion reserve also dwindled by the time Fox turned over the keys to Freese Decker. Confidentiality is assured. Corewell Health has appointed Dr. Daniel Carey as the new president for its Beaumont Hospital campus in Royal Oak. Spectrums four-person communications team also ignored a request for comment. By Eric Starkman. Spectrums board strikes me as pretty buttoned up, so they might not yet appreciate the extent of how damaged Beaumont really is. 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. Based on Foxs history, its quite possible it will be terms that most benefit him. Business Starkman: Bloodbath at Beaumont - COO Carolyn Wilson and Top Doctor Ousted; Chief Quality Officer Resigns Tweet Share July 22, 2021, 12:45 PM This columnist, a Los Angeles freelancer,. The nurse anesthetists at Beaumont Royal Oak, Troy and Grosse Pointe hospitals, who are critical to keeping their facilities' lucrative surgery businesses humming, are mad as hell and aren't going to take it anymore. Its totally bizarre.. The metric that matters most is quality of patient care. 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. Spectrums management is rightfully proud of the people who they are ultimately accountable to because directors bios and photos are featured on the companys website. Said a veteran Troy ER source: Ive never seen anything like this in all my years of nursing. Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. To support Deadline Detroit's independent. (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. A lifelong Michigander with an impressive background, Barbee resigned in October to join Indiana University Health as head of HR. 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. 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More importantly, I doubt that Spectrums doctors would feel the need to circumvent management in the first place. 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. Beaumont Dearborn also is receiving military assistance to help the hospital manage its Covid patient load. Spectrums CEO Freese Decker joined Spectrum in 2002 as an administrative fellow, a program designed to train masters level graduates the administrative aspects of a healthcare facility. We are incredibly excited about the impact the BHSH Beaumont Health Nurse Scholar program will have in health care and for our communities.. I know little about Fream, who served as Beaumonts vice chair for several years. How Absurd. The companys chief revenue officer left earlier this month. Beaumont Troy, the only hospital in the companys network with a 5-star ranking for safety from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid, doesnt have the management strife of Royal Oak. Spectrums takeover of Beaumont was a deal that should never have been allowed. Reach the writer ateric@starkmanapproved.com. Freed might want to reach out to Mark Shaevsky, a prominent southeastern Michigan attorney and a former Beaumont board member before it merged with two lesser hospital companies in 2014. Whats notable about the joint announcement and Beaumonts internal communications is whats missing. Beaumont Royal Oak nurses must sometimes tend to as many as seven at a time. Whats notable about Foxs disclosure is the seeming priorities of Spectrum compared to Advocate Aurora, the Chicago-based hospital system that Fox tried to give Beaumont away to in June 2020 under terms so obscenely favorable to Advocate Aurora, he couldnt pull it off. Prioritys goal is to capture as much market share as possible and then use that power to reduce what it pays to doctors to cover their services. 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. If Michigan had a competent attorney general or a governor with a healthcare interest beyond abortion rights, the deal would have been derailed. Starkman: Electric Vehicles and the Exploitation of Michigan Taxpayers. By that measure Fox, Wilson, and Wood have poor performance scorecards. Hospital plans are designed to incentivize doctors not to order or recommend expensive procedures in order to reduce payouts. Spectrum also is comfortable issuing misleading or deceptive statements, so culturally Beaumont is possibly a great fit. 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