We have a guest post today from veteran healthcare journalist Ron Shinkman, editor of Payers and Providers and healthcare finance editor for the digital publisher FierceMarkets.com. Ron has mined publicly available California health data for amazing stories — including one on hospitals who paid their CEOS more than they spent on charity care. If you report on health in California, his tips are a must-read.
The future of Natividad
Part 1: On the verge of closure: Natividad's financial struggles threten its existence
Part 2: Turning around a public safety-net hospital: A last-ditch effort to save Natividad suceeds beyond expectations
Alma L. Koch is a professor of health management and policy at SDSU's Graduate School of Public Health. Prior to joining the SDSU faculty, she was project director for the section of public health and preventive dentistry at UCLA. She has held numerous research positions as an investigator and a consultant, focusing on issues of health care finance, provider reimbursement, quality assessment and long-term care. Philosophically, Koch believes in a national health insurance system, with universal access to all citizens and residents in the United States.
