Please help me understand this business model. 2 small towns 3 major hospitals and 90 miles away from the best healthcare in the world. How do they cash flow ?
I think you answered yourself right there, bub.happyinBCS said:
90 miles away
AggieBarstool said:I think you answered yourself right there, bub.happyinBCS said:
90 miles away
People who are dying don't necessarily want to travel 90 miles.
Yes, you're absolutely right. High markup (more than a "normal" hospital) on everything. The enter markets where they know pockets can go deep (like students with mommy and daddy's credit card).happyinBCS said:
Great to hear, I never said they don't have good Doc's , they must be extremely wealthy because with their advertising budget it seems to me they are buying the patients at a very high cost. I have lived here for over 40 years and thank goodness I am in good health. I just don't understand their target market, and as a footnote the advertising get's so old I would go to a local hospital if I had an emergency. I wish them well but the overhead must be off the charts and the end user pays the bill
csnole said:
CapRock has the best ER doctors in town - I wouldn't go anywhere else in BCS
cslifer said:
What are the "basic Er functions" that they can't do? Please be specific, I think a lot of us would like to know...
To each his own. But your progress to the cath lab is lengthened by at least 30 min if not more at one of the non hospital free standing ER's. And data shows that can be the difference in life death or disability. Same for any true surgical emergency. I don't think it's that they can't take care of true emergencies. But you have to recognize they are limited in treatment options, and will have to transfer for any surgical or other procedural treatments beyond basic ER stuff.cslifer said:
None of those things you listed are remotely close to a function of an Er at any hospital.
An Er evaluates, begins treatment and gets you headed towards one of the things you listed. If you were to check the stats, patients from free standings are often admitted faster than from the Er in a hospital. But as an above poster said, thank goodness we have choices. As someone with extensive professional experience with all the ers in town I will be sticking with Caprock.
The day/night time difference is much less than you think..... the certification standards don't allow for that....and which is going to get activated for call in faster by a hospital: a heart attack that their ER says is happening, or a heart attack that is at another ER and may or may not be happening? The cardiologist at the big hospital likely can look at the labs and ecg online from the hospital. That seems less likely from the free standing.cslifer said:
I will agree with you partially. During the day you might be in the cath lab faster, but at night everyone is calling in folks to do it, so it doesn't really matter where you sit while you wait. Surgery is the same. I think a lot of people think we have tv hospitals here, and that couldn't be further from the truth.
Is Caprock Hospital accepting Medicare, Medicaid, and Tricare?Quote:
They are not allowed to take Medicare, Medicaid and Tricare because they are not attached to a hospital. This is a government rule. I am sure they would accept these insurances if the government would let them.