Greg’s Blog

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I’m Proud to Wear the Badge

Last month, our CEO Greg Stone was out at the store, when… Greg’s Point of View: As I approached the checkout counter, I could tell the cashier was focusing on reading my Peach Tree ID badge before making eye contact with me. I had run into a local store to grab a couple of groceries…
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Let’s Actually Talk About Labor This Labor Day (Physician labor to be specific)

Labor Day celebrates the great labor contributions Americans have made to the prosperity, productivity and well-being of our county. I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the amazing work performed by our medical doctors. They are some of the most caring, compassionate, hardworking and dedicated people we will ever know. Yet if…
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A Rear View Mirror Look Back at Peach Tree’s 2017

Peach ended 2017 on a truly strong note, with plenty of momentum into 2018. Here is a snapshot of the highlights. Read more now from Peach Tree's CEO, Greg Stone!
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Peach Tree Health’s Patients Speak!

Peach completed a comprehensive patient satisfaction survey recently, and the feedback was amazing! See what our patients had to say now. Read more here.
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Celebrating National Health Center Week

August 13 – 19, 2017 This week leaders at the local, state and national levels will join communities in celebration of National Health Center Week 2017. Their messages and visits to health centers will demonstrate that not only is it possible to move beyond the partisan divide over health care, but to support and agree…
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Does Having Medi-Cal Coverage Decrease Emergency Room Utilization? The Magic 8-Ball says “Don’t Count On It”.

One of the positive outcomes anticipated with the expansion of Medi-Cal coverage under the ACA was a reduction in “unnecessary” emergency department visits. Hospitals are legally obligated to treat all patients that present in their emergency room, causing long wait times and financial losses due to overuse and poor reimbursement of these services. The assumption…
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Peach Tree Health CEO Urges Senator to Oppose Repeal of ACA and BCRA

June 26, 2017 RE: Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) Dear Senator: I write today on behalf of Peach Tree Health and the 31,000 patients we serve in the greater Sacramento region of Northern California. We ask that you remain in strong opposition to any attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), particularly the Better…
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Memorial Day and Me

I still have vivid memories of the day I went to the Sonoma County Courthouse to register for the selective service.  The invasion of Granada and the Falklands War were fresh on my mind, President Ronald Reagan was dealing with the Soviet Union’s nuclear missile tests and their continued pressure into Eastern Europe and Afghanistan.  The 1984…
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The Painful Side Effects of “America First” H-1B Visa Reform

Those of us in healthcare understand there are times when the unanticipated and undesirable effect of a treatment plan can be more harmful to the patient than the adverse symptoms of the primary condition we are attempting to treat. In such cases, a clinician may discontinue that harmful medication or change the therapy plan to…
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Name-Calling and Judgement-Free Healthcare

I always find it fascinating how often random people in the community feel compelled to tell me their personal and political beliefs about how healthcare should work. These opinions often focus on care delivered personal and political beliefs about how healthcare should work. These opinions often focus on care deliveredto their neighbors receiving government-sponsored subsidies…
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