What Does Decatur Think Of DMH?

In the last post on this site, one local patient who chose St. Mary's voiced an opinion about DMH's decision to pull neurosurgery coverage from St. Mary's.

I don't know if this has any bearing on this topic but here it is.......I am curently being treated for Spinal Cord Damage my insurance is with St. Marys Hospital well now that DMH will not allow Dr Krause to go their I am forced to either drive to Champaign area or the Springfield area. The part that the hardest is I have been seing two doctors here that are now not allowed to go to St, Mary's now I have to carry the the extra burden of cost and start over with new doctors and probably retake expensive tests. I don't think I will ever go back to DMH they are playing games with my health for money and it a non-profit place, hope Smithmier goes to jail.

I am the person with the Spinal cord injury I just wanted to add to my comment that the other Doctor that I am seing is Doctor Collins and I don'nt think he is barred from St. Mary's after talking with my wife she thinks that it is only Doctor Krause and the other Neuro. Surgeon. I also wanted to add that these 2 Doctors are very very good doctors and I am currently continuing to see them even though I pay a higher percentage of my insurance because they are not on my PPO but thats a different story. In no way do I want anyone to think that its the Doctors doings by not going to St. mary's Hospital because it is not Dr. Krause would still be going their if it was not for DMH Administration. I just did'nt want anyone to have bad impressions of these Doctors because they are both caring and very compitent. I want Krause at St. Mary's and I want the DMH Administrators to quit practicing medicine, and leave it to the Doctors.

One patient thinks DMH administration practicing medicine is COSTING HIM MONEY!

Anyone else out there have a story to share? Ken really wants to hear your thoughts.

Forced Use of Hospitalists Blocked

As first discussed on February 25, 2006, the bill outlawing insurance companies from forcing patients to have hospitalists versus their family doctor was signed into law last week.

So...

Ken Smithmier will NOT be able to force Consociate patients in Decatur to use his "hospitalists."

Too bad for patients of DMH's employed family docs; they don't have any choice. They are forced to use these "hospitalists." I wonder how many patients have left the DMH-employed docs and went somewhere else?

Anyone like to share their story?