The Observation Deck

At least that's what they are telling us.

• Third Floor
◦ Draw Lab (Phlebotomy)
◦ 36 Internal Medicine and Multi-Specialty Exam Rooms for
▪ Geriatrics
▪ Dermatology
▪ Diabetes Education
▪ Diabetic Eye Exams
▪ Endocrinology
▪ Endocrinology Surgery
▪ Pulmonary
▪ Pulmonary Function Testing
▪ Allergy
▪ Allergy / Skin Testing
▪ Neurology
▪ Cardiology
▪ Urology
▪ Nephrology
▪ General Surgery
▪ Pediatric Surgery
▪ Colorectal Surgery

Bill

No answers yet to the questions.


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Jim O'Bryan wrote:Bill

No answers yet to the questions.


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That's odd.

The new LGBT facility will be open in a few weeks and they have no answers to a few simple questions.

The Clinic has charged as much as $3,000 in facility fees for treatment of an injured foot:

https://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/ind ... _fees.html

How much are the facility fees at the new LGBT facility?

What services will be provided?

Bill Call wrote:The Clinic has charged as much as $3,000 in facility fees for treatment of an injured foot:

https://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/ind ... _fees.html

How much are the facility fees at the new LGBT facility?

What services will be provided?

Well, Bill, those “facilities” cost lots of money - artwork ain’t cheap, you know!

Bridget Conant wrote:

Bill Call wrote:The Clinic has charged as much as $3,000 in facility fees for treatment of an injured foot:

https://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/ind ... _fees.html

How much are the facility fees at the new LGBT facility?

What services will be provided?

Well, Bill, those “facilities” cost lots of money - artwork ain’t cheap, you know!

The most annoying and frustrating and confusing part of the whole hospital fiasco is the lack of planning. The small group that made the decision to transfer City assets to the Cleveland Clinic and private foundations didn't give any thought at all to what comes after.

The Clinic will use cash provided by the City of Lakewood to build a small medical office building on Detroit and Belle.

Why not a urgent care clinic along side the stand alone emergency room?

Why not publish facility fee rates?

Why not publish a list of guaranteed services?

The only real guaranteed service is the LGBT portion of the services. I suspect that was thrown in at the last minute to purchase support or silence; either one would do.

Bill

I was offered a walk through of the new Family Health Center which I accepted and pointed out they had not answered my email.

Jenna apologized immediately and answered right there. I said please text it to me and she did.

There will be no surgeries at the Lakewood Family Health Center, everywhere it said surgery marketing meant "Pre-Surgery" and "Post Surgery." All surgeries will happen at the appropriate CCF Location.

We then went on the tour of the Lakewood Family Health Center, it is not a hospital but it is what Mayor Summers bargained for.

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Health care is changing...

Dan Alaimo wrote:Health care is changing...

What should have been said (since Day One) is: “health care delivery” is changing.

There will be no surgeries at the Lakewood Family Health Center, everywhere it said surgery marketing meant "Pre-Surgery" and "Post Surgery." All surgeries will happen at the appropriate CCF Location.

So saying SURGERY is just marketing?

That makes me feel real confident.

I guess it’s like saying it’s an emergency room. Is that just marketing?

Here’s a screenshot taken moments ago from this CCF web page that clearly states GENERAL SURGERY

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/location ... -fhc/about

Bridget Conant wrote:Here’s a screenshot taken moments ago from this CCF web page that clearly states GENERAL SURGERY

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/location ... -fhc/about

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Left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing?

"Pharmaceutical support for all Lakewood Family Health Center services"

Fancy Walgreens! ...with CCF $$ markups.

From Emergency Services...

Less than 30% of the patients transported by LFD are admitted to the hospital most are treated and released from the ER. That means most of the patients transported by LFD could be successfully cared for at Lakewood and there would not be a transfer out.

There have been patients we took to Lakewood based on the symptoms being minor that were quickly treated and it was determined they needed to be transported elsewhere when those cases were brought to our attention LFD waived the bill so there was no double transport fee


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Jim O'Bryan wrote:From Emergency Services...

Less than 30% of the patients transported by LFD are admitted to the hospital most are treated and released from the ER. That means most of the patients transported by LFD could be successfully cared for at Lakewood and there would not be a transfer out.

There have been patients we took to Lakewood based on the symptoms being minor that were quickly treated and it was determined they needed to be transported elsewhere when those cases were brought to our attention LFD waived the bill so there was no double transport fee


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That's good to know. Thanks LFD.