Ballad Health ER times slow after states|backed monopoly merger

Ballad Health ER times slow after states-backed monopoly merger

Ballad has also fallen short—by about $191 million over the past five years—of its obligation to Tennessee to provide charity care, which is ...

After Appalachian hospitals merged into a monopoly, their ERs ...

Ballad Health owns Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. The 20-hospital system in the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee and ...

Tennessee gives this hospital monopoly an A grade - Virginia Mercury

Ballad Health was formed in 2018 after state officials approved the nation's biggest so-called Certificate of Public Advantage, or COPA ...

Escalating ER Wait Times Raise Concern Over State-Sanctioned ...

Despite being created with the promise of improved care, Ballad Health's monopoly in the Tri-Cities region has led to dangerously long ER ...

Brett Kelman, KFF Health News | Fierce Healthcare

Dice and · Providers · Tennessee tries to rein in Ballad's hospital monopoly ... Ballad Health ER times slow after states-backed monopoly merger.

Why Ballad Health is under fire for long wait times

Report reveals nearly 11-hour wait times at Ballad Health's emergency departments due to state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in Appalachia.

Tennessee tries to rein in Ballad's hospital monopoly after years of ...

Ballad Health, an Appalachian company with the nation's largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly ... merged into a monopoly, their ERs slowed ...

Ballad Health is a failing state run monopoly that is killing Americans ...

Ballad Health Bristol Regional Medical Center Leaders • Bristol hospital CEO resigned after participating in a surgery without a medical ...

With Ballad Health under new scrutiny, Tennessee to hold yearly ...

Tennessee's health department will hold its annual public hearing on Ballad Health's state-sanctioned monopoly agreement as the hospital faces a new round of ...

These Appalachia hospitals made big promises to gain a monopoly

Tennessee and Virginia health officials have concluded annually that the merger remains beneficial to the public and, in reports and interviews, ...

KFF Health News on X: "Ballad Health benefits from the largest state ...

Ballad Health benefits from the largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in the U.S. In the past six years, its ERs have become three ...

A State-Sanctioned Hospital Monopoly Raises Concerns

Six years ago, Tennessee and Virginia ushered in the largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in the nation with the creation of Ballad Health.

Bill averting medical monopolies dies in House subcommittee

Despite escalating emergency room times at Ballad Health hospitals, legislation to stop further medical monopolies suffered a quick death in the House Health ...

Health Care Merger Results in Longer ER Wait Times in the Tri ...

In 2018, Tennessee and Virginia lawmakers waived antitrust laws to merge Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System, forming ...

NC Health News on X: "Ballad Health benefits from the largest state ...

Conversation · northcarolinahealthnews.org · After Appalachian hospitals merged into a monopoly, their ERs slowed to a crawl · Ballad Health, ...

After Appalachian hospitals merged into a monopoly, their ERs ...

Ballad Health was granted the nation's largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in 2018. ... Since then, its emergency rooms have become more than three times ...

A state-sanctioned hospital monopoly raises concerns

Six years ago, Tennessee and Virginia ushered in the largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly in the nation with the creation of Ballad Health.

Citizen says Ballad Health's COPA hearing shows monopoly priorities

The hearing could be summed up by saying Ballad Health is really good at funding community initiatives, but not particularly good at what they ...

$44000 for an Ambulance, Hour-Long Drives to an ER

Ballad emerged in 2018 from the consolidation of two competing nonprofits that ran up big debts: Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont ...

How is working in healthcare in the area/Info on Ballad Health.

I have worked at Ballad since it was just JCMC. Even have had multiple family members worked for MSHA before the merger. The biggest complaint ...