Archive for Joe Hochderffer

The Face of a Bureaucrat

Mr. Hochderffer is Administrator of Cameron Hospital, Angola, Indiana. As an old bureaucrat hater, I had often wondered what a real live bureaucrat looked like. Did he have horns? Spit fire? Scaly skin? Cleft foot? I didn’t know. Bureaucrats were the guys who wrote the regulations that took all the do-goodism out of the laws [...]

1Jun1987 | | 0 comments | Continued

Health Care in Fort Wayne – The Six Million Dollar Fizzle

In its 20-year history our hospital had grown from 250 beds to a 600-bed regional referral center. We were one of the most successful and financially sound hospitals in the nation. We had consistently operated at high occupancy (over 90%), had engaged in six expansion projects and paid for them without incurring major debt, and were charging our patients $10 a day below the state average [...]

1Dec1977 | | 0 comments | Continued

Think Small

Mr. Hochderffer is Director of Public Relations for a hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In this big world with its mam­moth oceans and mighty rivers, majestic peaks and endless plains, with its big governments, big or­ganizations, big schemes, and big talk, in an age of powerful plan­ners and stupendous spenders—make way for a little coward. [...]

1Apr1963 | | 0 comments | Continued

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