Hospitals play hardball. DMC, others are telling governments they can choose between giving them more money or accepting cutbacks
Taylor, M.
Modern Healthcare 33(21): 4-5; 1
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-7480 PMID: 12800281 Document Number: 561994
Hospitals are applying the same gritty, hard-nosed negotiating tactics they used with commercial payers to a new target: local government. For example, Detroit Medical Center has announced major cuts unless city, county and state governments pledge to boost funding. DMC Chairman Dick Gabrys, left, says the system means business.