Steve P. Sanders, DO, MBA
Steve P. Sanders is an internal medicine physician.
Patients
by Steve Sanders, DO “What am I going to do now Doc?” asked Mike, a down on his luck, 29 year–old recently unemployed truck driver, as he handed me his hospital bill. Mike was seen at our local emergency department…
by Steve Sanders, DO
“What am I going to do now Doc?” asked Mike, a down on his luck, 29 year–old recently unemployed truck driver, as he handed me his hospital bill.
Mike was seen at our local emergency department on a Friday evening with complaints of indigestion. Earlier that day he and his wife Susan celebrated their second anniversary by splitting a store bought pepperoni pizza. …
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$11,000 hospital bill from the emergency department
Physicians
Are hospitals coming clean? An article recently published in Health Affairs reveals details of a government–required survey conducted in 2008 and 2009. The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey or CAHPS is required of all hospitals receiving…
Are hospitals coming clean? An article recently published in Health Affairs reveals details of a government–required survey conducted in 2008 and 2009.
The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey or CAHPS is required of all hospitals receiving and hoping to continue to receive federal funding. Analysts compared CAHPS responses between 2008 and 2009 and gleaned what they believed were meaningful conclusions. The …
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CAHPS measures are as important as profit and loss for hospitals
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