Part of the argument that the new chief executive officer of the children’s hospital is making is that the $15 million a year that his predecessor agreed to pay to the county hospital for support services is too high.
Really high
The new chief executive is publicly saying that the charge should be about half, or $7.5 million a year.
In fact looking at the county hospital’s 2013 and 2012 audit report, the net revenue that the county hospital gets (what they charge minus what it costs to provide the services) is $9.7 million each year. The audit relies upon the hospital district management group for numbers like this, so at the very least they are telling us that they are making at least $9.7 million in profit from the children’s hospital each year.
I don’t know whether to think of Fagan or of Cruella De Vil when considering our county hospital executives.
Not my idea
I voted against the bonds for the children’s hospital, but like the ball park feel that now that we have one we should do what we can to make it viable.
The new children’s hospital chief executive says that he is going to cut expenses. He evidently has also had a Forest Gump moment and decided to do a better job collecting his bills.
Unfortunately he has hired an out of town company to help with that process. I guess he does not believe that El Paso has any talent to speak of.
We deserve better
Brutus
elpasospeak 
Dear Brutus,
There is NO $9.7 Million profit because Children’s is not paying…
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We could shut down UMC and keep Children’s. All UMC handles are indigent and enemas for the Border Patrol : )
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