According to the Miami Herald earlier today: Linda Quick, president of the South Florida Hospital and Healthcare Association, said later that her group, which consists of many hospital CEOs, believes strongly that Jackson needs ``a professional hospital administrator,'' familiar with the complex issues of patient care, insurance payment programs and working with medical schools.
``It's not that smart people can't learn to be hospital administrators,'' said Quick, no relation to the search firm head. ``It's that you don't start out learning at the CEO level. . . . For 600 grand a year, they sure as hell better find someone who knows what the hell they're doing.''
What Ms. Quick states seems to be what many who are experienced in healthcare seem to say, "this is not an on the job training position, especially when your dealing with a crisis". Understanding the complexities of medical billing, healthcare law (local, state, and federal), and on top of that dealing with the politics of Unions and a potential restructuring of the hospital is not for the inexperienced.
Miami-Dade does not need to reinvent the wheel here. Narrow your search to those who have administered hospital's in crisis and successfully turned them around. I honestly hope that this is not the foundation begin created by some who are looking to create a landing pad for County Manager George Burgess. One question that the press core need to ask about the cardinal on the 29th floor, what happens to his retirement if he is ousted with the current Mayor? What would his retirement package have been if he were to have left in 2012? Does this play a motivating role in the ongoing speculation of Manager George Burgess's exit strategy?
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