[Antiracism] [Workers Rights] Keep Baystate VNAH open in Greenfield

[WMass Jobs With Justice]

Go to this site and Take Action! 

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Baystate Health management recently announced that they are closing the
Greenfield Office of the Baystate Visiting Nurse and Hospice (VNAH). They
also announced that there would be lay-offs at the VNA office in Springfield
and at the Baystate Franklin Medical Center.
 
According to Baystate Health officials, they are closing the VNAH in
Greenfield and reducing staff at the main office in Springfield due to
rising costs and deficits caused by cuts in Medicare reimbursement for home
care.  But Baystate is posting a record surplus for the current fiscal year!
Baystate Health Systems total profits for the second quarter were $35.1
million, compared to $21.7 million for the same period in 2006. This
constitutes a roughly 60% increase! The VNAH in Greenfield employs 55 people
and provides home care to about 150 patients, and the hospice program serves
between 18 to 23 patients on a daily basis. Given how well Baystate is doing
financially, how can they be cutting these important services to sick and
dying people in Greenfield?   Is this the Baystate Health System that cares
about the community and their employees, or is this a company who clearly
puts profits before patients?
 
Baystate's greed is hurting our community!  Email your legislators and urge
them to call Trish Hannon (Senior Vice President for Health Care Operations)
at 413-794-5516 and Mark Tolosky (CEO of Baystate) through his Executive
Assistant at 413-794-5890.
 
Keep Baystate VNA & Hospice in Greenfield Open! 
 
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Diane Scherrer, RN 

Western MA Community Organizer, Division of Legislation

Massachusetts Nurses Association 

CELL: 781-363-3817


"Without good and careful nursing many must suffer greatly, and probably
perish, that might have been restored to health and comfort, and become
useful to themselves, their families, and the public, for many years after."
~Benjamin Franklin (1751)


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