[Snowbirdtobe]

I just saw a pleading from Doctor Jim Besong filing an objection to assumption of his contract in the bankruptcy process.
I would include a cut and paste of the response but it's an image from a fax.
I expect that more will follow. More lawyers getting $$.

[Michael G.]

Originally Posted by Snowbirdtobe

I just saw a pleading from Doctor Jim Besong filing an objection to assumption of his contract in the bankruptcy process.
I would include a cut and paste of the response but it's an image from a fax.
I expect that more will follow. More lawyers getting $$.

I'd put my money on the Village Health

[Rainger99]

Originally Posted by Snowbirdtobe

I just saw a pleading from Doctor Jim Besong filing an objection to assumption of his contract in the bankruptcy process.
I would include a cut and paste of the response but it's an image from a fax.
I expect that more will follow. More lawyers getting $$.

This is the document.

https://cases.stretto.com/public/x45...0000000125.pdf

In January, 2025, he was promised a base salary of $230,000. He claims that a number of physicians left earlier this year.

Not sure if more lawyers are getting money as it does not appear that he has lawyer but is representing himself.

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

This is the document.

https://cases.stretto.com/public/x45...0000000125.pdf

In January, 2025, he was promised a base salary of $230,000. He claims that a number of physicians left earlier this year.

Not sure if more lawyers are getting money as it does not appear that he has lawyer but is representing himself.

I guess Graduates of Medical Schools in the Caribbean aren't paid the big money.

Looks like his Motion was written by AI.

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

I guess Graduates of Medical Schools in the Caribbean aren't paid the big money.

Looks like his Motion was written by AI.

Don't knock him. If all of the doctors educated in the Caribbean left the US it would take months to get an appointment and even then would most likely be with a PA, especially in Florida.

[golfing eagles]

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[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

Don't knock him. If all of the doctors educated in the Caribbean left the US it would take months to get an appointment and even then would most likely be with a PA, especially in Florida.

Maybe, but quality would rise by 50%

[New Englander]

I use The Villages Health and this is depressing. The whole situation keeps getting more complicated.

[tophcfa]

The bigger and scary takeaway from this is that doctors appear to be running away from TVH, and those bound by contract are looking for a way out. Not a good sign. Can’t say I blame them with all the uncertainty they are facing.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

The bigger and scary takeaway from this is that doctors appear to be running away from TVH, and those bound by contract are looking for a way out. Not a good sign. Can’t say I blame them with all the uncertainty they are facing.

I think I made that very same point a day or two ago. Let's hope that the same herd mentality that has infected posters on TOTV doesn't spread to our medical providers. Unfortunately, it looks like this is "Outbreak" and social media is the monkey

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

Don't knock him. If all of the doctors educated in the Caribbean left the US it would take months to get an appointment and even then would most likely be with a PA, especially in Florida.

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Maybe, but quality would rise by 50%

My new PCP graduated from the same Medical School as Dr Besong (Ross Medical in Barbados).

After an exhaustive 3 day search a few months ago, I found that Mass General Hospital system, one of the world's best hospitals, has less only 5 MD's, who are accepting new patients for Primary Care (plenty of PA's & NP's).

(So far, my new PCP has only had to make one medical recommendation and he did way better than my last Dr, who went to Med School in India.)

[Jayhawk]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

The bigger and scary takeaway from this is that doctors appear to be running away from TVH, and those bound by contract are looking for a way out. Not a good sign. Can’t say I blame them with all the uncertainty they are facing.

Is there a list of other doctors who are jumping ship?

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by Jayhawk

Is there a list of other doctors who are jumping ship?

It is implied by the doctor who submitted the bankruptcy court filing attached in post number three. The same doctor is trying to get out of his contract.

[Jayhawk]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

It is implied by the doctor who submitted the bankruptcy court filing attached in post number three. The same doctor is trying to get out of his contract.

I wouldn't think ONE doctor out of many would be reasonable to deduce many others are.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by Jayhawk

I wouldn't think ONE doctor out of many would be reasonable to deduce many others are.

Read the bankruptcy court filing before passing judgment. It’s highly unlikely a Doctor is lying in a court filing, not a good idea to say the least. The filing is by a doctor who doesn’t want his contract assigned to whoever ends up buying or bailing out TVH. Part of his reasoning is because his workload has increased very rapidly, and sooner than outlined under his contract, because he is being forced to pick up the workload resulting from other doctors leaving the practice. He claims it is conflicting with his contract, his personal life, and having a negative effect on his mental health. It’s all there in the bankruptcy court filing.