{"id":1131,"date":"2016-11-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vailhealth.org\/vail-valley-medical-center-ceo-health-reform-will-create-problems\/"},"modified":"2016-11-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T07:00:00","slug":"el-ceo-del-vail-valley-medical-center-la-reforma-de-salud-creara-problemas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vailhealth.org\/es\/news\/vail-valley-medical-center-ceo-health-reform-will-create-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"CEO del Vail Valley Medical Center: La reforma de salud crear\u00e1 problemas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El principal ejecutivo del Vail Valley Medical Center dijo el mi\u00e9rcoles que el centro se encuentra en una s\u00f3lida condici\u00f3n financiera y se mantendr\u00e1 independiente. Sin embargo, agreg\u00f3 que la reforma nacional de la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica est\u00e1 creando una serie de problemas potenciales nuevos y costosos en el futuro cercano.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La CEO del centro m\u00e9dico, Doris Kirchner, hizo esas declaraciones el mi\u00e9rcoles en un discurso anual sobre el \u201cestado del centro m\u00e9dico\u201d en el Sonnenalp de Vail. El discurso se repetir\u00e1 el 16 de febrero en Gypsum.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kirchner present\u00f3 un resumen de la filosof\u00eda, las instalaciones y la situaci\u00f3n financiera del hospital durante la presentaci\u00f3n. La situaci\u00f3n financiera del centro m\u00e9dico ha mejorado en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os, seg\u00fan Kirchner, con un aumento en los ingresos netos, una disminuci\u00f3n en los salarios y beneficios, y un \u201cmargen\u201d \u2013 no \u201cganancia\u201d ya que el hospital es una organizaci\u00f3n sin fines de lucro \u2013 que se duplic\u00f3 con creces desde 2009 tanto en 2010 como en 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El centro m\u00e9dico tambi\u00e9n es un lugar m\u00e1s seguro de lo que ha sido en el pasado. Kirchner dijo que la tasa de infecci\u00f3n para nuevos pacientes quir\u00fargicos es de 0.38 por ciento y de 0.42 por ciento en general. Los Centros Federales de Control de Enfermedades clasifican cualquier tasa por debajo del 1 por ciento en una categor\u00eda de \u201cmenos de lo esperado\u201d. Kirchner dijo que esa mejora proviene de un conjunto de pol\u00edticas que van desde lo t\u00e9cnico a lo simple: hay estaciones de desinfecci\u00f3n de manos en todo el hospital y se anima a los empleados a usarlas incluso si nunca tocan a un paciente.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kirchner, al hablar sobre la misi\u00f3n del centro m\u00e9dico, destac\u00f3 el objetivo de mantener la independencia para que las decisiones sobre la atenci\u00f3n al paciente permanezcan en manos de los residentes locales.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Si bien Kirchner dijo que el centro m\u00e9dico est\u00e1 bien posicionado para mantenerse independiente, eso ser\u00e1 m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil en los pr\u00f3ximos a\u00f1os, especialmente cuando entren en vigor los requisitos de la ley federal de reforma de la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica de 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uno de los mayores gastos para los hospitales es el requisito de migrar a registros m\u00e9dicos electr\u00f3nicos. Kirchner dijo que es un objetivo que vale la pena, ya que puede reducir errores y acelerar la atenci\u00f3n en casos urgentes. Pero dijo que realizar el cambio tambi\u00e9n es muy costoso, en el orden de muchos millones de d\u00f3lares por hospital. Solo esa parte de la legislaci\u00f3n de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica est\u00e1 forzando a muchos hospitales de pueblos peque\u00f1os a fusionarse con empresas m\u00e1s grandes.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La legislaci\u00f3n federal de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica tambi\u00e9n reducir\u00e1 casi con toda seguridad la cantidad de dinero que los hospitales y cl\u00ednicas reciben por tratar a pacientes en los programas de Medicaid y Medicare.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dado que Vail Valley Medical Center ya recauda menos del 25 por ciento de los costos de tratamiento de los pacientes de Medicaid, eso quitar\u00e1 dinero de un modelo financiero ya inestable.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El centro m\u00e9dico destina cada a\u00f1o millones de d\u00f3lares a subvencionar a pacientes con cobertura insuficiente o sin seguro de la cl\u00ednica Eagle Care, que atiende principalmente a residentes de bajos ingresos, as\u00ed como a acuerdos financieros con personas que tienen dificultades para pagar las elevadas franquicias de sus seguros u otras facturas.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sin embargo, al final Kirchner dijo: \u201cNo creo que haya una salida f\u00e1cil para quienes tienen deducibles de $5000\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Durante una sesi\u00f3n de preguntas y comentarios despu\u00e9s de la presentaci\u00f3n de Kirchner, Kathy Langenwalter, residente de Vail, dijo que ha escuchado a otros residentes que se est\u00e1n haciendo pruebas y procedimientos en otras comunidades para ahorrar dinero.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charlie Crevling, el director financiero del centro m\u00e9dico, dijo que el hospital utiliza los precios de otros hospitales regionales, as\u00ed como los del Lutheran Medical Center en Denver, para ayudar a establecer sus precios.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNos desempe\u00f1amos muy bien en esos casos\u201d, dijo Crevling.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A\u00fan as\u00ed, casi toda atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica es cara, algo que no cambiar\u00e1 en el futuro pr\u00f3ximo. Pero en muchos casos, personas de fuera del valle est\u00e1n impulsando una buena parte del crecimiento del centro m\u00e9dico. Ese crecimiento del Shaw Regional Cancer Center, The Steadman Clinic y el Steadman Philippon Research Institute ha llevado a negociaciones y planificaci\u00f3n para un nuevo edificio de consultorios m\u00e9dicos en propiedad del municipio de Vail, cerca del actual ayuntamiento. Si ese edificio se termina y cuando se termine, liberar\u00e1 casi 35000 pies cuadrados de espacio en el edificio del hospital actual, dijo Kirchner.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Combinar ese espacio disponible con planes que incluyan formas de retirar el tr\u00e1fico de ambulancias de Meadow Drive ayudar\u00e1 a que el hospital de Vail prospere en el futuro, dijo Kirchner.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSomos conscientes de todos estos cambios\u201d, dijo Kirchner. \u201cEnfrentaremos lo que venga\u201d.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vail Valley Medical Center&#8217;s top executive Wednesday said thecenter is in strong financial condition and will stay independent.But she added national health care reform is creating a host ofnew and expensive potential problems in the near future. 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