KCH
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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A lot of effort is being made and money spent by Parkview Health to push its agenda locally. A look on the Internet tells how badly they want to be a regional leader.
They do offer nice facilities and many good doctors; however, I do not believe they are the only healthcare system in northeastern Indiana to offer such. On a local level KCH offers much! It is a very nice and advanced facility. The private-quiet rooms, advance services, and doctors should compete very well with or maybe better than what Parkview will offer locally.
Some of the doctors are regionally and nationally recognized. This came about when KCH joined Lutheran Health. So was the placing of top-rated state of the art equipment in it. Let me give an example and explain. The hospital MRI machine can detect some of the finest detail possible for diagnosing. Your need is determined by what is ordered. Some go out of town for a $350 MRI but a $350 scan used to diagnose something serious is scary. Cancer services require good equipment. One should check the detection level and magnet sizes when checking prices. A Fort Wayne spine surgeon told me KCH had one of the best MRI machines in the area. He was not afraid to accept any labs or images from them.
Many complain about KCH’s charges. Yet to have such advance services here, it will cost more. In a less populated area the cost of advance services such as MRI’s are more. Population and usage dictate costs of such services. Services have to be sustained financially in order to be offered. Let me explain it another way.
Some say KCH is greedy because it is for profit. KCH went for profit so as to offer more locally. Community hospitals its size usually don’t offer what is offered by KCH. KCH is looking to the future for their community. Those profits are being put back into it so as to offer more. Had KCH not done so, our community would be stuck in the past. Remember where we were? So we want to repeat history?
Not for profit can be greedy too. The differences between for profit and not for profit is the amount of taxes paid, government involvement and its method of making profit. Their is less government involvement in a for profit, but more taxes are paid. KCH most likely says a nice sum of taxes yearly some of which make their way back into the local community. Why don’t we heroize them?
A not for profit makes its profit by doing higher volumes in basic services. The high volume is gained by building mini hospitals throughout its surrounding region. Advance services and care get sent to its main campus. This is hard on the elderly. Who is building mini hospitals throughout northeastern Indiana? Who is in need of profit? Is it possible to over reach ones profitability? And we call KCH greedy. It is predicted that 3/4 of all hospitals in America will become for profit in the next 10 to 15 years. They will do so to survive.
The health care battle is not just about serving a large quantity of patients but more about the quality of care given patients. It is sad such a battle has to exist. For its size KCH offers an awful lot. It is not perfect but strives towards improvement. We need to be appreciative and supportive of it. Thank you KCH for what you have done in our community and will do. Keep pushing ahead.
Steve Lawlor
Warsaw[[In-content Ad]]
A lot of effort is being made and money spent by Parkview Health to push its agenda locally. A look on the Internet tells how badly they want to be a regional leader.
They do offer nice facilities and many good doctors; however, I do not believe they are the only healthcare system in northeastern Indiana to offer such. On a local level KCH offers much! It is a very nice and advanced facility. The private-quiet rooms, advance services, and doctors should compete very well with or maybe better than what Parkview will offer locally.
Some of the doctors are regionally and nationally recognized. This came about when KCH joined Lutheran Health. So was the placing of top-rated state of the art equipment in it. Let me give an example and explain. The hospital MRI machine can detect some of the finest detail possible for diagnosing. Your need is determined by what is ordered. Some go out of town for a $350 MRI but a $350 scan used to diagnose something serious is scary. Cancer services require good equipment. One should check the detection level and magnet sizes when checking prices. A Fort Wayne spine surgeon told me KCH had one of the best MRI machines in the area. He was not afraid to accept any labs or images from them.
Many complain about KCH’s charges. Yet to have such advance services here, it will cost more. In a less populated area the cost of advance services such as MRI’s are more. Population and usage dictate costs of such services. Services have to be sustained financially in order to be offered. Let me explain it another way.
Some say KCH is greedy because it is for profit. KCH went for profit so as to offer more locally. Community hospitals its size usually don’t offer what is offered by KCH. KCH is looking to the future for their community. Those profits are being put back into it so as to offer more. Had KCH not done so, our community would be stuck in the past. Remember where we were? So we want to repeat history?
Not for profit can be greedy too. The differences between for profit and not for profit is the amount of taxes paid, government involvement and its method of making profit. Their is less government involvement in a for profit, but more taxes are paid. KCH most likely says a nice sum of taxes yearly some of which make their way back into the local community. Why don’t we heroize them?
A not for profit makes its profit by doing higher volumes in basic services. The high volume is gained by building mini hospitals throughout its surrounding region. Advance services and care get sent to its main campus. This is hard on the elderly. Who is building mini hospitals throughout northeastern Indiana? Who is in need of profit? Is it possible to over reach ones profitability? And we call KCH greedy. It is predicted that 3/4 of all hospitals in America will become for profit in the next 10 to 15 years. They will do so to survive.
The health care battle is not just about serving a large quantity of patients but more about the quality of care given patients. It is sad such a battle has to exist. For its size KCH offers an awful lot. It is not perfect but strives towards improvement. We need to be appreciative and supportive of it. Thank you KCH for what you have done in our community and will do. Keep pushing ahead.
Steve Lawlor
Warsaw[[In-content Ad]]
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