Posts by John Quinlivan

John Quinlivan: The cost of unequal reimbursement

The last pebble in our sling is with the courts and our government leaders. Our prayer is that with their help, that pebble will strike home, and Jackson Hospital will survive.

John Quinlivan: Blue Cross can save Jackson Hospital, but time has run out

If Jackson Hospital closes, patients will go to Baptist where they will encounter the chaos of an overburdened hospital and where BCBS will pay the higher rates anyway. So why not pay those rates to Jackson and prevent what will be a local and regional healthcare calamity?