THE ECONOMIC

ALLIANCE FOR
MICHIGAN
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FOR IMMEDI ATE RELE ASE

OFFICERS
Co-Chairs
Cindy Estrada
Vice President
International Union, UAW

Sharon Miller
President
ITH Staffing

Contact: Stacy Leick, EAM Communications Director

Office: (248) 596-1006
Mobile: (989) 600-9928
Email: stacyleick@eamonline.org

Bernie Swartout
Dir. Compensation & Benefits
Ford Motor Company

Ron Bieber

27 Michigan hospitals penalized for hospital acquired conditions

President
Michigan State AFL-CIO

60 percent located in the Detroit/Flint area

Vice-Chairs
Patrick Devlin
Secretary-Treasurer
Michigan Building Trades
Council

William Clay Ford, Jr.

Executive Chairman
Ford Motor Company

Gary Casteel

NOVI, MI December 22nd, 2016: The Economic Alliance for Michigan (EAM) is concerned about the
increase in Michigan hospitals being penalized for hospital acquired conditions by the Centers of
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). According to a report released by Kaiser Health News on

Secretary-Treasurer
International Union, UAW

December 21st, 2016, the federal government has cut payments to 769 hospitals nationwide, 27 in

Gary B. Kushner

Michigan.

President
Kushner & Company

Sergio Marchionne
CEO
Fiat Chrysler Automotive

The goal of the program is to hold hospitals accountable for hospital acquired infections and to shift

Daryl Newman

hospitals into a thought process of giving higher quality and care performance, rather than higher

Secretary-Treasurer
Michigan State AFL-CIO

volume of services. For the first time, the evaluation also included counting the spread of antibiotic-

Greg Nowak
President
Michigan Teamsters Joint
Council 43

James Glynn
Vice President
Labor Relations
General Motors

Dennis E. Williams
President
International Union, UAW

Secretary
Mike Stone
Michigan Community Action
Program Director
International Union, UAW

Treasurer
Gary B. Kushner
President
Kushner & Company

Staff Officers
Bret Jackson
President

Dennis McCafferty
Vice President

resistant germs in assessing penalties.

Penalized hospitals will lose 1 percent of Medicare payments for a year. Estimated losses among larger
hospitals will exceed a million dollars. Reductions also apply to hospitals servicing low-income areas.
Nationally, hospital acquired infection rates declined 21 percent between 2010 and 2015, according to
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Key highlights for Michigan:

Twenty-seven Michigan hospitals are penalized for hospital acquired conditions, an

increase from last year when Michigan had 24 hospitals on the list.

Sixty percent of the hospitals are located in the Detroit/Flint region.

Beaumont, the largest health care system in Michigan, has 5 out of 8 facilities on the list.

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ALLIANCE FOR
MICHIGAN
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Medicare is having a dramatic impact on decreasing medical errors, said Bret Jackson, president,
EAM. However there is more work to be done. Thousands of Michigan residents each year are the
victims of medical errors and we must address it.

In November 2016, EAM released a study demonstrating how CMS hospital star ratings skew lower for
hospitals servicing Michigans poor and that socioeconomic factors may be a factor. The study can be

OFFICERS

found here: Socioeconomic Factors Impact on Hospital Quality.

Co-Chairs
Cindy Estrada

For additional information on Kaiser Health News report go to Latest Hospital Injury Penalties Include

Vice President
International Union, UAW

Crackdown On Antibiotic Resistant Germs.

Sharon Miller
President
ITH Staffing

Preston Crabill
Dir. Strategic Benefit
Planning & U.S. Benefit
Compliance
General Motors

The 27 penalized Michigan hospitals are:

Hospital

City

BEAUMONT HOSPITAL - FARMINGTON HILLS

FARMINGTON HILLS

President
Michigan State AFL-CIO

BEAUMONT HOSPITAL - TAYLOR

TAYLOR

Vice-Chairs
Patrick Devlin

BEAUMONT HOSPITAL - WAYNE

WAYNE

BEAUMONT HOSPITAL - GROSSE POINTE

GROSSE POINTE

BEAUMONT HOSPITAL - ROYAL OAK

ROYAL OAK

William Clay Ford, Jr.

BRONSON BATTLE CREEK HOSPITAL

BATTLE CREEK

Executive Chairman
Ford Motor Company

DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL & UNIV HEALTH CENTER

DETROIT

Robert T. King

EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL

LANSING

GARDEN CITY HOSPITAL

GARDEN CITY

GENESYS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - HEALTH PARK

GRAND BLANC

HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

DETROIT

HENRY FORD WYANDOTTE HOSPITAL

WYANDOTTE

Karla Swift

Secretary-Treasurer
Michigan Building Trades
Council

President
International Union, UAW

Gary B. Kushner
President
Kushner & Company

Sergio Marchionne
CEO
Fiat Chrysler Automotive

HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER

FLINT

Secretary-Treasurer
Michigan State AFL-CIO

KARMANOS CANCER CENTER

DETROIT

Greg Nowak

MCLAREN FLINT

FLINT

President
Michigan Teamsters Joint
Council 43

MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE

OWOSSO

MIDMICHIGAN MEDICAL CENTER-CLARE

CLARE

MUNSON MEDICAL CENTER

TRAVERSE CITY

PROVIDENCE - PROVIDENCE PARK HOSPITAL

SOUTHFIELD

SAINT MARY'S HEALTH CARE

GRAND RAPIDS

SINAI-GRACE HOSPITAL

DETROIT

SPARROW CARSON HOSPITAL

CARSON CITY

SPECTRUM HEALTH - BUTTERWORTH CAMPUS

GRAND RAPIDS

ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL

ANN ARBOR

ST JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND

PONTIAC

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM

ANN ARBOR

UP HEALTH SYSTEM PORTAGE

HANCOCK

Daryl Newman

Diana D. Tremblay
Global Business Services
Vice President
General Motors

Dennis E. Williams
Secretary-Treasurer
International Union, UAW

Secretary
Ron Bieber
National Director Community
Action Program
International Union, UAW

Treasurer
Gary B. Kushner
President
Kushner & Company

Staff Officers
Bret Jackson
President

Dennis McCafferty
Vice President

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ALLIANCE FOR
MICHIGAN
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About the Economic Alliance for Michigan

The Economic Alliance for Michigan (EAM) is comprised of companies and unions working together to
improve the business and jobs climate in the State of Michigan. Created in 1982, EAM was founded as
a private nonprofit corporation by companies and unions in the for-profit sector. EAM focuses on
cooperative, action-oriented endeavors to improve the reality and image of Michigan as a place to do
business and be employed. The EAM is the Michigan Regional Leader for The Leapfrog Group. Learn

OFFICERS
Co-Chairs
Cindy Estrada
Vice President
International Union, UAW

Sharon Miller
President
ITH Staffing

Preston Crabill
Dir. Strategic Benefit
Planning & U.S. Benefit
Compliance
General Motors

Karla Swift
President
Michigan State AFL-CIO

Vice-Chairs
Patrick Devlin
Secretary-Treasurer
Michigan Building Trades
Council

William Clay Ford, Jr.

Executive Chairman
Ford Motor Company

Robert T. King
President
International Union, UAW

Gary B. Kushner
President
Kushner & Company

Sergio Marchionne
CEO
Fiat Chrysler Automotive

Daryl Newman
Secretary-Treasurer
Michigan State AFL-CIO

Greg Nowak
President
Michigan Teamsters Joint
Council 43

Diana D. Tremblay
Global Business Services
Vice President
General Motors

Dennis E. Williams
Secretary-Treasurer
International Union, UAW

Secretary
Ron Bieber
National Director Community
Action Program
International Union, UAW

Treasurer
Gary B. Kushner
President
Kushner & Company

Staff Officers
Bret Jackson
President

Dennis McCafferty
Vice President

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