Dirty Angels Dsrip -

Her boss, the CMO, called it "pragmatic compliance." Carmen called it lying. But every time she "cleaned" an Angel, the hospital received a DSRIP check. That check paid for Mr. Vega’s actual heart medication. It paid for the volunteer nurse’s bus fare. It funded the shelter’s new air conditioner.

Carmen’s screen glowed with the case of a man she’d code-named "Mr. Vega." Mr. Vega had congestive heart failure. According to the DSRIP "Angel" metric, if he went 90 days without being hospitalized, his primary care clinic earned a $5,000 performance bonus. dirty angels dsrip

And the angels, for all their bureaucratic wings, could only fly because someone was willing to get them dirty. Her boss, the CMO, called it "pragmatic compliance

She turned a dirty, chaotic human life into a pristine "Angel." Vega’s actual heart medication