Introducing The Fine Print
A new zine published by the Executive Producer / Curator of the “SOME PEOPLE” (Every)Body project that examines the people, processes and systems that improve, or impose harm to, Public Health.
(Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. Photo by Kimberly J. Soenen)
Introducing THE FINE PRINT, a new zine published by the Executive Producer / Curator of the “SOME PEOPLE” (Every)Body project that examines the people, processes and systems that improve, or impose harm to, health and Public Health.
THE FINE PRINT will publish ongoing commentary, photography, investigations, art and essays related to the Public Health Philosophy Transformation taking place globally. I’ll also write about healthcare industry business ethics, whistleblower cases and accountability—from the perils of AI in Healthcare to persons and organizations that are working to improve Public Health.
Top line investigations this week:
Insurance Firms Reap Billions in Profits While Doctors Get Stiffed for Serving the Poor > Milking Medicaid: State-contracted insurance firms balk at paying frontline medical providers, threatening the viability of leading hospitals and clinics, and imperiling Illinois' entire Medicaid program - By David Jackson and Kira Leadholm
Mirrors of Calamity > How Hospitals Became Vaults that Hid Evidence of Covid-19's Toll - By Peter Maass
https://theintercept.com/2021/11/13/covid-pandemic-hidden-toll-hospitals/
The Great American Healthcare Hustle-How The Nation's Largest Catholic Hospital System Operates Like Wall Street >The nation’s largest Catholic hospital system, a sprawling behemoth of more than 140 hospitals called Ascension, is quietly building an unprecedented and strikingly unusual $1 billion private equity operation, using its wealth to invest like a Wall Street firm, a STAT News investigation has found
https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/16/ascension-running-wall-street-style-private-equity-fund/
Go On, Take the Money and Run > Kelby Krabbenhoft, the former president and CEO of Sanford Health who abruptly departed in late 2020, received a more than $49 million payout, according to federal tax documents obtained by Forum News Service.
Mr. Krabbenhoft's payout included a $15 million severance package, a $29.4 million retirement payout and $5.1 million compensation in 2020, according to the IRS filing.
In a statement sent to media organizations Nov. 15, Sanford said: "The majority of the compensation paid to Mr. Krabbenhoft upon his departure was contractually obligated as part of retirement plans over his 24-year tenure. The remainder was Mr. Krabbenhoft's annual compensation and a severance agreement."
Mr. Krabbenhoft left his role at the Sioux Falls, S.D.-based system Nov. 24, 2020. The departure came days after he wrote an email to 50,000 employees explaining his stance on face coverings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sanford said that the system's board of trustees and Mr. Krabbenhoft "mutually agreed to part ways."
Mr. Krabbenhoft drew national attention to Sanford Health in November 2020 after he sent a 1,000-word email detailing his rationale for not wearing a face covering. In his message, sent Nov. 18, Mr. Krabbenhoft said he'd recovered from COVID-19 and he would not wear a mask because doing so would only be a "symbolic gesture." He considered himself immune from the virus.
Much more to come in the months ahead.
To health,
Kimberly
SomePeopleEveryBody.com | @SomePeopleEveryBody