Michelle Genz

Jun 1, 2024 | vb32963online.com | Michelle Genz

If there was one positive outcome in the seemingly senseless government mandate that hospitals release their wildly inflated “sticker price” list for treatment known as the chargemaster, it is that consumers searching for the list may come across initiatives already in place to help them predict how much a procedure will cost.

Jun 1, 2024 | vb32963online.com | Michelle Genz

The smaller of the county’s two hospitals, Sebastian River Medical Center, is furloughing workers as parent company Steward Health deals with what it calls the “seismic financial shock of COVID-19,” brought on in part by a drastic fall-off in elective procedures, a mainstay of hospital revenue. Most of the furloughs here and around the country involve non-clinical staff and those who don’t work with patients, according to Steward spokesman Darren Grubb.

Jun 1, 2024 | vb32963online.com | Michelle Genz

Dream big, then make things happen. In the same Vero tradition that produced centers of excellence for treating cancer, heart disease and stroke at a hospital that – thanks to another big dream – is now run by the Cleveland Clinic, a drive is underway to create a center of excellence for mental health. Though discussions, led by the Hospital District, are only at the conceptual stage, the hope is that such a campus would be located near the hospital.

May 7, 2022 | veronews.com | Michelle Genz

May 5, 2022 | veronews.com | Michelle Genz