Cleveland Clinic head won't be heading VA.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2014_06/who_should_head_the_va050752.php

The White House no doubt thought it was making a shrewd move when it reached out to Delos M. Cosgrove in its search for a new head of the VA. Not only is Cosgrove the chief executive of the renowned Cleveland Clinic, he’s also a Vietnam Vet. But last Saturday, Cosgrove suddenly withdrew his name from consideration, stating that he still had work that needed doing at the Cleveland Clinic.

What might that work be? Just hours before Cosgrove made his announcement, the intrepid trade magazine Modern Healthcare published a little noticed article that revealed a long pattern of safety problems at the Cleveland Clinic—problems that were so serious that the federal government repeatedly threatened to shut off the $1 billion a year the clinic collects from Medicare. [...]

Read the whole thing.

Ken Kizer sounds like a good choice.

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #390,740 by Another Scott 6/12/14 9:27:55 PM Reply	Cleveland Clinic head won't be heading VA. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2014_06/who_should_head_the_va050752.php The White House no doubt thought it was making a shrewd move when it reached out to Delos M. Cosgrove in its search for a new head of the VA. Not only is Cosgrove the chief executive of the renowned Cleveland Clinic, he’s also a Vietnam Vet. But last Saturday, Cosgrove suddenly withdrew his name from consideration, stating that he still had work that needed doing at the Cleveland Clinic. What might that work be? Just hours before Cosgrove made his announcement, the intrepid trade magazine Modern Healthcare published a little noticed article that revealed a long pattern of safety problems at the Cleveland Clinic—problems that were so serious that the federal government repeatedly threatened to shut off the $1 billion a year the clinic collects from Medicare. [...] Read the whole thing. Ken Kizer sounds like a good choice. Cheers, Scott.
Post #390,748 by a6l6e6x 6/13/14 11:12:35 AM Reply	Wow! It's important to do homework on these guys. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov
Post #390,758 by hnick 6/13/14 4:41:29 PM Reply	This is a good thing. I worked with Cosgrove when he was a junior staffer cardiac surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic (I was an ORT at the time.) He is very rank conscious and treats the nurses and ORT's like shit. IMO, he's a fucking monster. He probably fits right into management, though. "Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable." ~ AMBROSE BIERCE (1842-1914)

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