Santa Monica nonprofit helps secure patient dumping settlement

Published in: Santa Monica Daily Post WISE & Healthy Aging, a nonprofit headquartered in Santa Monica, tipped off Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer that a nursing home in Westlake was improperly discharging homeless and mentally-impaired residents, resulting in...

The Texas Doctor Who Sunk Nye County’s Only Hospital

Dec 09, 2016 by Rachel ChristiansenNevada Public Radio | KNPR | NPR Member Station Photo by Christopher Smith/Desert Companion Listen When the Nye Regional Medical Center closed in 2015, it sent shockwaves through the town of Tonopah, Nev.  The community of about...

Fierce exclusive: Tales of an accidental hospital CEO

by Ron Shinkman | May 25, 2015 8:53pm When I dine with Jerry Seelig, it’s usually to enjoy some foodie oasis in or around Los Angeles. But when I sat down with him for breakfast last week, it was to deconstruct his recently concluded odyssey as an accidental...

The Most Strange and Complex World of Health Care Bankruptcy

by Jerry Seelig A box is checked on the Voluntary Petition—Form B—of the initial bankruptcy filing documents, which states that the debtor is a “health care business.” Health care business, now the health care debtor is defined in the Bankruptcy Code as “any public or...

Guest Commentary: The aftermath of hospital bankruptcy

Guest post by Jerry SeeligPublished on FierceHealthFinance (http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com) It’s an ugly thing when a hospital or medical group files for bankruptcy. Caregivers, support staff, and executives worry about their jobs. Creditors worry about...