So What? Eric Starkman of Los Angeles is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved. It is said that you can judge a person by the company they keep. 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. 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 , Spectrum Moves Forward with Beaumont Takeover, Beaumont Expects Imminent FTC Approval For Spectrum Takeover Of Its Faltering Hospital System, Good News From Beaumont Hospital Network To Spend 'Significant Dollars' to Expand Private Room Capacity, Beaumont Foxs Thanks to Hospital Docs: Let Them Eat A Cookie., Beaumont Faces Threat of Nurse Anesthetists Strike Over Declining Patient Safety Standards, Bad News for Beaumont -- CEO John Fox Sticking Around Longer Than Expected, CEO John Foxs Michigan Legacy? Theres no prestige working at Beaumont anymore. 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. The Detroit News. 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. Beaumont CEO Fox and COO Wilson Must Go Now! Eric Starkman of Los Angeles is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved. Gretchen Whitmer. Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. Lewis previously served on the board of one of Beaumonts predecessor companies and likely didnt want to continue after Beaumont completed its merger. 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. 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. The financial terms of the deal will reveal whether Freese Decker is as touchy-feely as she appears or whether she can be quite ruthless when a lucrative financial opportunity presents itself. Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Spectrum, is chair of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association. His latest story for DeadlineDetroit.com shows that high ranking executives are being let go in advance of the proposed merger with Grand Rapids based Spectrum Health. I dont know how we could handle a catastrophe, said a source at Royal Oaks ER. In Dearborn, the nursing shortage is so acute that an ICU operates at 60 percent capacity. Support our reporting and commentary by becoming a Deadline Detroit member for as little as $3 per month. Its a no-brainer to understand why Fox desperately needs to pull off the Spectrum merger. Thats how Beaumont ended up in the sorry state that it did. Henry Ford in Detroit in years past enjoyed an A safety rating. So What? There is compelling research showing that hospital mergers result in higher patient costs and reduced quality of care. September 15, 2020, 9:36 PM . Biden last July issued an executive order instructing the FTC to be more critical of hospital mergers because studies show they invariably result in higher patient costs and poorer quality of care. Beaumont CFO John Kerndl Resigns, Beaumont Nurse Anesthetists Union Drive Could Save Imploding Hospital from Further Demise, Layoffs. 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.. 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 writer, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved. Eric Starkman of Los Angeles is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved.. By Eric Starkman. Fox previously disclosed he talked to more than 100 hospital systems hoping to find a corporate bride for Beaumont. Still, Beaumont is clearly going to be a financial albatross on Spectrums operations for quite some time. Indiana University Health has 16 hospitals and 36,000 employees. The anesthesiologists did this while earning a fraction of their . Given that a survey of Beaumont doctors revealed last year they had no confidence in Fox, Wilson, and chief medical officer David Wood Jr., recruiting top quality executives to Beaumont is a near impossible challenge with Fox and Wilson at the helm. The evidence is, Spectrums previous head of diversity was Ovell Barbee, an African American, who Spectrum, Many organizations are not interested in real change, Chris Metzler, the former associate dean for human resources and diversity studies at Georgetown University,, Disparities in healthcare are typically blamed on racism of U.S. doctors and other health professionals. In a September letter to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel warning about Beaumonts implosion, Shaevsky spoke of the need for independent directors to bring some stability to the organization.. This columnist, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved.. By Eric Starkman. The promised dual headquarters was also BS. Freese Decker cant say she wasnt warned. Eric Starkman of Los Angeles is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved.. By Eric Starkman. 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. This is Beaumont's latest attempt to merge with another hospital . 'The Week That Was:' Will Kristina Karamo Seriously Damage Michigan's Republican Party? To be sure, Beaumont isnt alone in suffering from a nursing shortage. To support Deadline Detroit's independent. In addition to lacking a CFO and chief compliance officer, Beaumont has yet to find a replacement for its chief marketing officer, who left last September. April 18, 2020, 3:27 PM . Naming Fream as chairman was done for optics, an attempt to assure Southeastern Michigan residents that their interests would be protected if Spectrum and Beaumont merge. To support Deadline Detroit's independent journalism, please sign up for a $3a month membership or a one-time donation. Nonprofit hospitals are supposed to manage their investments conservatively, opting for boring short-term duration bonds and other low risk investments. That leaves the hospital with just two cardiothoracic surgeons, down from nine years ago. February 02, 2022, 4:58 PM . He's even willing to. John Fox, the Atlanta carpetbagger who washed up on the shores of southeastern Michigan seven years ago to bolster Beaumont Healths profits and gussy up Metro Detroits biggest hospital network so that he could sell it, appears hes pulled off what he set out to do. Its a standard practice when companies of near comparable size combine: The company whose CEO is tapped to lead the mergedcompany agrees to have the chairman of the partner company serve as chair. Ive been looking for the past week and have not located them. Spectrum also reported that Beaumont lost $253 million on its investments. 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. The writer, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs atStarkman Approved. Multiple sources have shared theyve been told by some Beaumont directors that Fox cant be fired, but no one gave a reason as to why. I can suspect what the problem is but, without transparency, I cant know.. It comes as no surprise that Spectrums takeover received the green light. Ohios AG has won a series, Today is indeed a historic day. That would mean there wouldnt be one senior executive from Beaumont involved in the management of the combined hospital systems. 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.. Beaumont CFO John Kerndl Resigns, Beaumont Nurse Anesthetists Union Drive Could Save Imploding Hospital from Further Demise, Layoffs. 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. 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. Bloomberg on Wednesday posted an editorial warning about the growing merger trend among hospitals, noting that it leads to higher insurance prices. Spectrums board is certainly a lot tougher on compensation. 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Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. 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. Beaumonts board failed in their duties overseeing the hospital system they were responsible for protecting. 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. 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 . 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. 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. Its totally bizarre.. Disgruntled Staff. She bolted last month. Starkman: Beaumont's FU to Metro Detroit and its Covid-19 Workers Tweet. 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. Said a veteran Troy ER source: Ive never seen anything like this in all my years of nursing. According to an email obtained by the Detroit TV station, Beaumont transferred its Covid patients because the CEO said the hospital system was losing too much money treating them. 'The Week That Was:' Will Kristina Karamo Seriously Damage Michigan's Republican Party? 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. Henry Ford Hospital announced this week that it was closing 120 inpatient beds systemwide due to staffing shortages. Corewell Health has appointed Dr. Daniel Carey as the new president for its Beaumont Hospital campus in Royal Oak. AG Dana Nessel was personally warned by Beaumont donor and former director Mark Shaevsky two years ago that Fox and his board cronies needed to be removed, but she allowed the hospital system to deteriorate, as did Michigan Gov. Beaumont spokesman Mark Geary ignored a request for comment, which he typically does. I know little about Fream, who served as Beaumonts vice chair for several years. By comparison, BHSH will have 22 hospitals and 64,000 employees. Copyrightdocument.write(new Date().getFullYear());Deadline Detroit, Inc. - All Rights Reserved, 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. Reach Eric Starkman at: [email protected]. 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. 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. 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. Fox cancelled the Advocate Aurora deal a few days later. Beaumont is a crippled hospital network on management life support. Spectrums due diligence team will be unable to get clarifications on Beaumonts financials from the companys CFO because it doesnt have one. When the Advocate Aurora deal was announced, Beaumont had a $2.5 billion cash reserve, so Advocate Aurora was essentially committing $1 billion, while retaining $1.5 billion. In April 2020, at the height of Michigan's pandemic, Metro Detroit's biggest hospital system called Beaumont Health without explanation closed its facility designated to treat Covid patients . "Our staff must care for those unvaccinated individuals who become extremely ill with the Covid Delta variant, or other variants, and try to balance all the other patients coming in with medical emergencies. The Detroit Free Press quotedSpectrum's Freese Decker as saying, Today is a historic day. Its one of the rare instances where shes made a statement of undeniable truth. We are incredibly excited about the impact the BHSH Beaumont Health Nurse Scholar program will have in health care and for our communities.. Reach Eric Starkman at: [email protected]. If Michigan had a competent attorney general or a governor with a healthcare interest beyond abortion rights, the deal would have been derailed. I imagine Fox is luxuriating at one of his Atlanta or North Carolina manors laughing hysterically at the Michigan executive yahoo who took Beaumont off his hands and no doubt paid him millions as part of the deal. The resignations were due to working conditions and management dissatisfaction, not Covid. Southeastern Michigan residents shouldnt look to Rep. Andy Levin to save the day. This is a good time to give a shoutout to former Beaumont chair John Lewis, who at the end of the day bears the greatest responsibility for the hospital systems decline. Have you tried to find Beaumont Healths financial statements? Freed asks. Starkman: Electric Vehicles and the Exploitation of Michigan Taxpayers. Turns out Beaumonts reported $4 billion reserve also dwindled by the time Fox turned over the keys to Freese Decker. 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. Eight will come from Spectrum, including Freese. The insurance business is among the most profitable sectors in healthcare, but as anyone who has dealt with one of these companies know, their priority is profits, not patient care. The joint release promotes the benefits of Priority Health, Spectrums insurance plan. Freese Decker held various strategic and operational roles before being named to the top job in 2018. Beaumont CEO John Fox is headed for the door Friday. But Beaumonts release last month announcing her elevation to chair to replace John Lewis provides some insight. to Michigan Tweet. 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. Spectrums board includes Doug DeVos, co-chair of Amway, whose family is among the most powerful in Michigan. But unlike Beaumont, Henry Fords staffing issues arent due to mismanagement. Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. 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. The silence is understandable. 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As a result, patients requiring hospital admission must remain in the ER, diverting beds and staff normally dedicated to treating emergencies. Beaumont Royal Oak nurses must sometimes tend to as many as seven at a time. 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. How Absurd. Fox took his marching orders from John Lewis, a retired Comerica executive who came from Oakwood and was named chairman of the combined organizations. Grand Rapids business community is small and tight knit, and Spectrum is a major employer in western Michigan. 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. Starkman: Beware! Hes even willing to exploit the publics fear of Covid to distract from his own mismanagement. There are no bios or photos of Beaumonts other directors, and thats by intent. The reason Royal Oaks ER, Beaumonts flagship hospital, is often operating at 60 percent capacity because it doesnt have sufficient staff. According to one source, Beaumont at least until recently had more than 3,000 job openings. The situation has become so acute that an ICU patient was recently treated in Troys ER. Spectrums board strikes me as pretty buttoned up, so they might not yet appreciate the extent of how damaged Beaumont really is. 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. Spectrums takeover must be approved by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Federal Trade Commission. Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. 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. Beaumonts leadership page only features a photo and bio of Julie Fream, who on paper at least seems credible: Fream is the president and CEO of the Original Equipment Suppliers Association, an industry nonprofit, and she has a Harvard MBA. 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. Spectrums takeover of Beaumont was a deal that should never have been allowed. 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. Ohios AG has won a series of landmark settlements taking on healthcare companies. 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. 'The Week That Was:' Will Kristina Karamo Seriously Damage Michigan's Republican Party? 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. In a further diss to the community, Beaumont converted a laundry facility into a makeshift morgue without getting permits. To the distaste of the pediatric heads colleagues, Susick walked him out of the hospital in front of his staff. 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. Reach the writer [email protected]. Also fostering ill will is Beaumonts mandate requiring that all employees be vaccinated or be fired. Copyrightdocument.write(new Date().getFullYear());Deadline Detroit, Inc. - All Rights Reserved, Michael Freed doesn't "see any value in this merger. Its near impossible to put a positive spin on a critical and passionate letter written by a former top executive who played a major role transforming Spectrum into a western Michigan powerhouse. Beaumont CEO John Fox . In its announcement to employees, Beaumont said the merged company will maintain dual headquarters in Southfield and Grand Rapids, an economically inefficient move if true but it likely isnt. Spectrum also experienced considerable turnover of Black employees, some of whom considered filing a class action lawsuit . After posting his letter, Freed noted on his LinkedIn page that Beaumont made $167 million from its operations in 2020, which included revenue recognition of $349 million from the CARES Act and FEMA payments for Covid. 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. When Fox arrived, Beaumont Royal Oak was among the best regional hospitals in the country; today it can best be described as a giant but mediocre community hospital. 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. Reach Eric Starkman at: [email protected]. Newsweek Ranks 3 Beaumont Hospitals Among Best in U.S. One Down, Three to Go. The writer, a Los Angeles freelancer and formerDetroit News business reporter, blogs atStarkman Approved. ", a month membership or a one-time donation, Beaumont Health's Merger Partner Reveals its Disingenuous, Deceptive and Disrespectful Nature, Spectrum Healths Black Employees Explore Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Systemic Racism, Beware! By Eric Starkman . Joseph Hill, who was hired to be diversity chief at Hermann Health System in Houston, was fired even before starting his job allegedly because he had already identified racial bias at the hospital. This columnist, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved. Fox has a change of control clause in his contract, meaning he will likely receive a lucrative exit package. In a company video posted on Vimeo Thursday, Beaumont CEO John Fox disclosed that Beaumont plans to spend significant dollars to embark on a three to five-year plan to expand the health systems private bed capacity. 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