However, this might turn competent healthcare professionals away, who were angry that they no longer could exercise discretion over their treatment, in conference with their patients. Patients might refuse to come to the hospital. And those that did would cause costs to escalate, as they stayed longer, received more extensive care, and thus exhausted their insurance benefits. A summary presentation of a comprehensive solution that would cover all of the

Naturally, it is the new person's job to assist the CEO, but this does not mean that all of the workload for something so important as this should be dumped on this individual on his first day. The CEO appears to still not want to take much responsibility for looking at the problem and the solutions that may be needed, and this indicates a lack of desire to really

Clear and concise process and procedures must be in place for everyone, not simply doctors and nurses. Pharmacists, counselors and insurance specialists, too must have these policies in place to take the decision making out of their individual hands and make certain that management, as a whole, has control over what decisions are made. Because of the emotions and morals involved, it is impossible for there to be consistent care

However, from my point-of-view, the doctor should have a free hand and should be able to take the decision he sees fit in that particular case. It is very important, however, for this to occur in the same context of rules and regulations that I have discussed above. If the doctor abides by the set of rules established, then he should be only partially constrained in what the decision

This section lists my express recommendations and my reasons for presenting them. First, Faith Community Hospital should cut its fixed costs by 10% by next year, at which point we will reassess our financial situation. The main way to cut costs at Faith Community Hospital will be through working more closely with our partners. Not only will working with our partners in the community improve our reputation and public relations,

(Donoghue, 1990) The other problem is regarding third party reimbursements and state regulators which have had a significant effect on hospitals during the last ten years. Another factor that is brought out by the study is that during both 1983 and 1986 there were important variations in the inpatient reimbursement system that helped in improving the operating and final margins of hospitals. At the same time there are the health