my observation…..it’s Kumar….His Power…..His Money……
Look at this in context with Southern Inyo Hospital and you come out with some serious charges.
You can’t just use money between hospitals like HCCA did, blame board members who never got but a 2-3 vote, trying to clean it up.
Thinking outside the box is what got us into this mess in the first place….favorite words that Kumar would speak.
Wasn’t a pissing match…..it was a patient care issue and peer review of Kumar….Someone, please refer to the court documents of the MEC case.

Classy.

HCCA cannot fire or layoff that quantity of employees without following WARN requirements -it is a requirement. They have the ability as most employers do to fire individual employees at will but the volume in this instance is what triggers WARN.

And therein lays the problem, the HR department rarely answers calls and most employees are greeted with a recording ,when leaving a message calls are rarely returned along with any emails. This information would be easily obtained in most facilities but not HCCA . HR depts first interest is the company not the employee. Employees have been lied to and misdirected by the HR department many times , I will assume that is why board loyal is concerned . Employees are undoubtedly going face road blocks with this HR department I doubt HCCA is going to step up and help the employees it blames. I know that trmc is not their employer however I would hope this board would consider the stress this is going to place on the employees (many who have never been in this position )and shed some light on the process they need to follow. They have been loyal employees and deserve some assistance.

Please note should business continue as usual and the transition to leadership, the hospital will not suspend operations. If Benzeevi walks out next week, moves patients out and lays off employees, then the Board will move forward with their decision as it is the most logical and helps open the hospital doors much faster. No one in that meeting put down any employees but sang their praises. The Board is committed to keeping the hospital, Evolutions and the clinics running so that employees have jobs which means the community continues to receive the great care from the staff that they have come to appreciate.

It is really not the Board’s responsibility to notify of COBRA as TRMC is not your employer. This responsibility belongs solely to HCCA. Time for the employees to start asking Human Resources a lot of questions. Remember to ask about your unused vacation time. It is owed to you.

It doesn’t matter what Benzeevi’s public comments were! He is a liar. He told us for 3 years that hospital was in good financial shape while he wasn’t paying the electric bill.
The Board and it’s attorneys are doing the best they can. Today is only the first step to clean up the catastrophe left by Benzeevi, Kumar, Ostrom, Germany, Wilbourn, Torrez…

HCCA is probably going to fire everyone. Why would they continue to do what the board wants them too? Goodbye WARN, not an option anymore. The HCCA contract states they can terminate employees anytime.