...Outsourcing (click here) turned out to be the transfusion it needed. “The people at Perot Systems played an integral role in saving the company,” says Bob Trombly, Harvard Pilgrim’s deputy chief information officer (CIO).
Harvard Pilgrim currently has 1.1 million members. Today, Perot has 640 employees processing over 10 million claims annually for HPHC.
Harvard Pilgrim also outsourced its IT operations and application development to Perot Systems. The service provider is supporting over 2,000 end users....
Charlie is an insurance salesman so I would not be surprised if he could sell fish stories, too.
It would seem as though Charlie came to Pilgrim as a real pilgrim. The company was in bankruptcy and he had to save it. Did he know how to do it? Heck, no. He simply removed all the American employees and outsourced the claims processing and whatever other paper pushers he could find for outsourcing.
That was what brought the Pilgrim balance sheet back into the positive side, evidently.
The guy is kind of scary. He found a solution for the companies balance sheet but eliminated any employee in the greater Massachusetts area and otherwise. That would mean a lot of people were without health care besides.
Baker is Wall Street. He is another 47% kinda guy. Where are all the people that lost their jobs? I betcha those former employees of Pilgrim could tell AG Coakley exactly what the problem with the company was and it wasn't them.
Harvard Pilgrim no longer insures Rhode Island. The Coakley campaign might want to talk to US Senator White House about the problems with the company.
In September 1998, Baker left state government and became CEO of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a New England–based physicians' group. In May 1999, he was named president and CEO of Harvard Vanguard's parent company, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a non-profit health benefits organization...
Baker did a lot more than simply outsource.
In late 1999, (click here) the Rhode Island-based Harvard Pilgrim Health Care of New England (a subsidiary of Boston-based HMO Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare) filed for bankruptcy protection. The parent corporation divested from its Rhode Island interests, including a wholly-owned staff model practice, Anchor Medical Associates. This left the 18-physician medical group, which specializes in internal medicine and pediatrics and cares for more than 35,000 patients throughout Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts, without an infrastructure or many options.
There are at least 18 physicians in Rhode Island that understand Charlie's priorities just fine. Thirty-five thousand people left without options. OMG. He could have exercised some discretion and worked with Rhode Island to be sure those people had options. This is unthinkable. No company should simply pull the plug on health care for 35,000 people.
Okay, so the guy likes math and he is ruthless to the bone. Does anyone in Massachusetts believe those are the values of a Governor of their state? This guy is too scary. He is not about people, he is not about governing, he is about money. He is Wall Street and the very last thing Massachusetts needs is a ruthless Wall Street hatchet man.
Governor Patrick needs to speak up. Governor Patrick is leaving office and has some latitude with speaking the truth about Charlie Baker. Baker has no conscience and that is exactly why he was hired for at Pilgrim. Governor Patrick loves Massachusetts and he cannot let some Wall Street mathematician hack away at the state. It will be a mess. I guarantee you that. I don't need to know anything else about Charlie, he is NOT governor material.
Baker will leave the people of Massachusetts in shell shock before his term is over. The Dems can't let this happen. AG Coakley needs a surrogate until after the Mayor's funeral. Baker is very bad news for Massachusetts.
It would seem as though Charlie came to Pilgrim as a real pilgrim. The company was in bankruptcy and he had to save it. Did he know how to do it? Heck, no. He simply removed all the American employees and outsourced the claims processing and whatever other paper pushers he could find for outsourcing.
That was what brought the Pilgrim balance sheet back into the positive side, evidently.
The guy is kind of scary. He found a solution for the companies balance sheet but eliminated any employee in the greater Massachusetts area and otherwise. That would mean a lot of people were without health care besides.
Baker is Wall Street. He is another 47% kinda guy. Where are all the people that lost their jobs? I betcha those former employees of Pilgrim could tell AG Coakley exactly what the problem with the company was and it wasn't them.
Harvard Pilgrim no longer insures Rhode Island. The Coakley campaign might want to talk to US Senator White House about the problems with the company.
In September 1998, Baker left state government and became CEO of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a New England–based physicians' group. In May 1999, he was named president and CEO of Harvard Vanguard's parent company, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a non-profit health benefits organization...
Baker did a lot more than simply outsource.
In late 1999, (click here) the Rhode Island-based Harvard Pilgrim Health Care of New England (a subsidiary of Boston-based HMO Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare) filed for bankruptcy protection. The parent corporation divested from its Rhode Island interests, including a wholly-owned staff model practice, Anchor Medical Associates. This left the 18-physician medical group, which specializes in internal medicine and pediatrics and cares for more than 35,000 patients throughout Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts, without an infrastructure or many options.There are at least 18 physicians in Rhode Island that understand Charlie's priorities just fine. Thirty-five thousand people left without options. OMG. He could have exercised some discretion and worked with Rhode Island to be sure those people had options. This is unthinkable. No company should simply pull the plug on health care for 35,000 people.
Okay, so the guy likes math and he is ruthless to the bone. Does anyone in Massachusetts believe those are the values of a Governor of their state? This guy is too scary. He is not about people, he is not about governing, he is about money. He is Wall Street and the very last thing Massachusetts needs is a ruthless Wall Street hatchet man.
Governor Patrick needs to speak up. Governor Patrick is leaving office and has some latitude with speaking the truth about Charlie Baker. Baker has no conscience and that is exactly why he was hired for at Pilgrim. Governor Patrick loves Massachusetts and he cannot let some Wall Street mathematician hack away at the state. It will be a mess. I guarantee you that. I don't need to know anything else about Charlie, he is NOT governor material.
Baker will leave the people of Massachusetts in shell shock before his term is over. The Dems can't let this happen. AG Coakley needs a surrogate until after the Mayor's funeral. Baker is very bad news for Massachusetts.
