The final straw that pushed me over the edge was the hospital's insistence that I attend their committee meetings for free (what other "consultant" or CEO would do that?) I also became worn out having to take their ER call, getting perhaps 8-10 No Pay admissions in one night, along with my own admits. They refused to allow me to continue to admit over 25/year (I was averaging 350) without serving on their committees. I told them to GTH and started sending my patients across the river to other hospitals. Needless to say, I am not on very good terms with my local hospital but I really do not care. In fact, I rejoice every time I can take business away from them. We are building a new physician-owned hospital in my area and I am hopeful things will return to "the good old days".
Leslie
