It Keeps Going . . .

As of past efforts to flood the market and bypass independent surgeons were not enough, FPMG Adventist Health has just hired another breast surgeon in May 2009 that we don't need, but that we will all pay for as we pay her malpractice, benefits and salary. Of course, since they are steering most of the referrals to their own surgeons to bypass independent physicians, it does make sense.

One definition of 'integrated delivery systems' was that they are ways to avoid redundancy. Adventist Health has hired at least 12-13 surgeons that are redundant when there is no wait for the best surgeons in this area. Maybe President Obama needs this information to help cut healthcare costs!