Beaumont Health paid its chief executive a $2.6 million bonus weeks before the state’s largest hospital system turned to the federal government for a financial bailout.
Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press
A guest author for Bridge Magazine.
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Michigan hospitals paid bonuses amid COVID, then took bailouts, cut jobs
Beaumont Health and Henry Ford Health System, two of the state’s largest nonprofit systems, awarded executive bonuses in March, as the pandemic descended on the state. They then laid off thousands and accepted more than $700 million in U.S. taxpayer funds.
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Nurses condemn McLaren Health Care for lack of transparency on finances, protective gear
10 unions representing nurses at McLaren hospitals in Michigan say the health care provider is not transparent about finances, PPE.
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Michigan coronavirus medical deaths at 16, more than some hospitals say
COVID-19 has taken a heavy toll on nurses, doctors and other health care workers. Health systems aren’t always eager to publicly acknowledge those who died.
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Beaumont CEO says he's taking a 70% pay cut as layoffs sweep through administrative staff
With Michigan’s largest hospital system “financially hemorrhaging” and under a cloud of uncertainty for at least the next two years, the CEO of Beaumont Health says he’s taking a 70 percent cut to his base pay and is forgoing any bonuses.
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Detroit hospitals resuming surgeries, procedures after weeks of red ink
Henry Ford Health System, DMC and others say they are expanding surgeries and other procedures that had been halted for weeks during the coronavirus crisis.
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As Michigan fights coronavirus, hospitals gush money and workers lose jobs
From metropolitan health systems to independent rural hospitals, hospital budgets are taking big financial hits as surgeries and other money making medical procedures are put on hold.
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McLaren Medical to furlough many of its 500 doctors, health practitioners
The CEO said the pandemic has significantly affected operations but did not say how many employees would face shortened hours.
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Oakland County scouts ice rinks for potential storage of coronavirus remains
Oakland County is scouting ice rinks to store bodies during the coronavirus pandemic if its morgue runs out of space, county officials said Wednesday.
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Macomb County hospital to lay off nurses unrelated to coronavirus care
Dwindling surgeries at McLaren Macomb blamed for layoffs of nurses as the coronavirus impacts the finances of hospital systems around Michigan.