Michigan Gov. To support Deadline Detroit's independent. It marks the passing of a once great hospital system, and the creation of a giant Michigan hospital network Spectrums former CFO Michael Freed has warned could result in a , Spectrum Moves Forward with Beaumont Takeover, Beaumont Expects Imminent FTC Approval For Spectrum Takeover Of Its Faltering Hospital System, Good News From Beaumont Hospital Network To Spend 'Significant Dollars' to Expand Private Room Capacity, Beaumont Foxs Thanks to Hospital Docs: Let Them Eat A Cookie., Beaumont Faces Threat of Nurse Anesthetists Strike Over Declining Patient Safety Standards, Bad News for Beaumont -- CEO John Fox Sticking Around Longer Than Expected, CEO John Foxs Michigan Legacy? Beaumont, consistent with its practice of putting a spin on undesirable news, notified employees that it is making "good progress" toward . A source told me that Barbee was highly regarded among Spectrums Black employees but was frustrated by his inability to achieve meaningful change. Spectrum also experienced considerable turnover of Black employees, some of whom considered filing a class action lawsuit . Eric Starkman of Los Angeles is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved.. By Eric Starkman. Many executives ask me privately, How many Black people do I have to have?. By Eric Starkman. How Absurd. The courage it took for Freed to write and post a letter questioning the judgment of Spectrums board and reminding them of their fiduciary responsibilities cannot be emphasized enough. Copyrightdocument.write(new Date().getFullYear());Deadline Detroit, Inc. - All Rights Reserved, AG Dana Nessel and Gov. Beaumont CEO John Fox . So What? By Eric Starkman Beaumont Health CEO John Fox has no shame. The Chief People Officer position is listed as open, indicating that Ries isnt getting the top HR job at BHSH. The American Hospital Association (AHA), the trade group focused on promoting the financial interests of nonprofit hospitals and their managements, is a major lobbying force in Washington. Beaumont CEO John Fox is headed for the door Friday. Yet the, Nessels do nothing stance on healthcare matters is in sharp contrast to her Massachusetts counterpart Maura Healey, who has moved to block the expansion of Massachusetts General Brigham on the grounds it will lead to, Former California Attorney General Xavier Becerra won a $575 million landmark settlement against Sutter Health for using the market dominance it obtained through a series of mergers to illegally drive-up prices. In his video, Fox disclosed that none of the monies for the planned expansion are being diverted from funds to deal with Beaumonts chronic staff shortages that have forced the closing of wards because there isnt sufficient medical staff to cover them. By Eric Starkman . John Fox, the Atlanta carpetbagger who washed up on the shores of southeastern Michigan seven years ago to bolster Beaumont Healths profits and gussy up Metro Detroits biggest hospital network so that he could sell it, appears hes pulled off what he set out to do. Fox has a change of control clause in his contract, meaning he will likely receive a lucrative exit package. Eric Starkman of Los Angeles is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved. Under their oversight, Beaumont suffered a precipitous decline in reputation and quality of care. Spectrumissued a statement to MiBizabout the disastrous financials reminiscent of the spin Fox served up during his seven-year tenure. Much of Freeds letter focuses on why merging with Beaumont is very bad for western Michigan residents, but in doing so he calls out Beaumonts lack of financial transparency and notes that the few disclosures Beaumont makes dont add up. The terms of the deal were so obscenely favorable to Advocate Aurora that Rep. Andy Levin, whose district includes Beaumont Royal Oak, announced he would oppose the deal. Spectrums board includes Doug DeVos, co-chair of Amway, whose family is among the most powerful in Michigan. She never followed up with a comment. Its near impossible to put a positive spin on a critical and passionate letter written by a former top executive who played a major role transforming Spectrum into a western Michigan powerhouse. As a result, patients requiring hospital admission must remain in the ER, diverting beds and staff normally dedicated to treating emergencies. Disparities in healthcare are typically blamed on racism of U.S. doctors and other health professionals. Beaumonts board failed in their duties overseeing the hospital system they were responsible for protecting. A trade publication quoted Freese Decker today as saying theres widespread enthusiasm in western and southeastern Michigan for the merger. Grand Rapids business community is small and tight knit, and Spectrum is a major employer in western Michigan. That Fream will serve as chair of the board overseeing a combined Spectrum and Beaumont is a disgrace and underscores Michigans poor leadership. Fox in January also disclosed that Beaumont planned to spend significant dollars to embark on a three to five-year plan to expand the health systems private bed capacity. Whats becoming increasingly obvious is how Freese Decker, like John Fox, is prone to making public statements that have no basis in fact. Still, Beaumont is clearly going to be a financial albatross on Spectrums operations for quite some time. And there is no mention of what, if any, role Beaumont COO Carolyn Wilson will play after the merger. The nursing shortage has forced Beaumont Royal Oak to use so-called travel nurses from temp agencies to hold things together in the ER, but this is sparking additional resentment. Beaumont Health CEO John Fox has no shame. Those workforce headwinds should have been known to Freese Decker well before she took over Beaumont. Nurses employed by staffing agencies are paid more than staff nurses performing the same functions. Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. Starkman: Why Beaumont's John Fox Could Haul More Than $30 Million Back to Atlanta Tweet Share February 02, 2022, 4:58 PM Beaumont CEO John Fox The writer, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a. It is said that you can judge a person by the company they keep. Less readily understood is why Spectrum would want to do a deal. Its totally bizarre.. Wright Lassiter III, president and CEO of Henry Ford Health System, is chair of the AHA. . Business Starkman: Bloodbath at Beaumont - COO Carolyn Wilson and Top Doctor Ousted; Chief Quality Officer Resigns Tweet Share July 22, 2021, 12:45 PM This columnist, a Los Angeles freelancer,. Its Beaumonts attempt to mislead southeastern Michigan residents that they arent losing a local institution. We talk with many of them, Joanne Giardini-Russell, a Brighton Medicare consultant posted on Freeds LinkedIn page. The quality of care has declined to such a degree that insiders readily admit they wouldnt entrust their families care to the hospital. Whats notable about Foxs disclosure is the seeming priorities of Spectrum compared to Advocate Aurora, the Chicago-based hospital system that Fox tried to give Beaumont away to in June 2020 under terms so obscenely favorable to Advocate Aurora, he couldnt pull it off. Starkman: Electric Vehicles and the Exploitation of Michigan Taxpayers. John Kerndl, who joined Beaumont in 2016, quit in March. The writer, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who . These contracted doctors also were responsible for setting up a Covid-19 ICU unit at Beaumont Troy. Its a standard practice when companies of near comparable size combine: The company whose CEO is tapped to lead the mergedcompany agrees to have the chairman of the partner company serve as chair. Nessels do nothing stance on healthcare matters is in sharp contrast to her Massachusetts counterpart Maura Healey, who has moved to block the expansion of Massachusetts General Brigham on the grounds it will lead to higher health care costs in that state. The combined Spectrum and Beaumont operations will temporarily be called BHSH System. September 15, 2020, 9:36 PM . Moreover, rookie nurses still have a lot to learn. Beaumont at one point claimed to have 38,000 employees, but with layoffs and unfilled positions its not clear how many employees remain. Beaumonts orthopedic surgeons, ranked among the best in the country, are doing their lucrative joint replacement surgeries at area ambulatory centers. Hes even willing to exploit the publics fear of Covid to distract from his own mismanagement. Have you tried to find Beaumont Healths financial statements? Freed asks. The metric that matters most is quality of patient care. Add in a staffing shortage, and you have a perfect storm," Fox said in a news release, urging Detroit-area residents to avoid Beaumont emergency rooms for all but critical care treatments. Spectrumreportedthat Beaumonts operations already have racked up nearly $100 million in losses. Starkman: Beaumont CFO John Kerndl and Top CEO Aide Say No! Spectrum no doubt knew that Fox was desperate to unload Beaumont, so Freese Decker had him by the cajones. I'm officially declaring Beaumont CEO John Fox, the Atlanta carpetbagger whose greed and mismanagement destroyed Metro Detroit's biggest hospital system and put the health and safety of areas residents at risk, "The Cookie Monster." June 17, 2021, 9:36 PM . Spectrum and Beaumont announced today that they are moving forward with Spectrums takeover, having provided the applicable regulatory agencies with all requested information. The deadline apparently has passed for the Federal Trade Commission to challenge the deal. Starkman: Electric Vehicles and the Exploitation of Michigan Taxpayers. Despite the pandemic, which has forced Spectrum to call for military assistance to support its flagship hospital, CEO Tina Freese Decker recently disclosed that shes been focused on integrating Spectrum and Beaumont, creating Michigans biggest hospital system as well as the biggest employer. Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. Companies often create diversity positions for window dressing purposes. As of this writing, Freeds letter received 40 likes and other shows of support, and not a single criticism. Why isnt Freese Decker following through on that supposedly great initiative? Henry Ford Hospital announced this week that it was closing 120 inpatient beds systemwide due to staffing shortages. Fox and Wilson could possibly be given lucrative ceremonial or consulting roles, which would antagonize Beaumonts rank-and-file because both executives are widely despised. Beaumont nurses and nurse anesthetists quit in droves, joining staffing agencies that paid them more money and ensured them better working conditions. Spectrums board is certainly a lot tougher on compensation. The merger talking points for Beaumonts leaders includes a commitment to improve health equity. This from a healthcare company that at the height of the Michigan pandemic last yeartemporarilyclosed Beaumont Wayne, a hospital catering to economically disadvantaged individuals with little or no insurance. There are some serious issues with NorthStar Anesthesia, the Texas-based outsourcing company that Wilson bet the farm on and losing badly so far. Even Beaumont employees suffering from myopia can read this writing . Starkman: Electric Vehicles and the Exploitation of Michigan Taxpayers. In his video, Fox was wearing a pinstripe suit jacket, not his trademark blue blazer. If the proposed merger goes through, seven Beaumont board members will serve on the board of the combined companies. Spectrum CEO Tina Freese Decker will lead the combined company. I imagine Fox is luxuriating at one of his Atlanta or North Carolina manors laughing hysterically at the Michigan executive yahoo who took Beaumont off his hands and no doubt paid him millions as part of the deal. Also, if you wish to support Deadline Detroit's. Beaumont Royal Oak in the past 18 months has lost more than a dozen prominent surgeons, half of its fellowship trained anesthesiologists, more than 50 nurse anesthetists, and dozens of nurses. The FTC decision to implicitly rubber stamp Spectrums takeover underscores the weakness of President Bidens leadership and the little respect he commands, even among his own appointees. Fox took his marching orders from John Lewis, a retired Comerica executive who came from Oakwood and was named chairman of the combined organizations. The insurance business is among the most profitable sectors in healthcare, but as anyone who has dealt with one of these companies know, their priority is profits, not patient care. In another example of how Freese Decker is just like John Fox in looking to deceive and distract, Spectrum announced it will provide Oakland University with $20 million over the next five years for a Beaumont Health Nurse Scholar Program. Copyrightdocument.write(new Date().getFullYear());Deadline Detroit, Inc. - All Rights Reserved, Tina Freese Decker, Spectrum president and CEO, a month membership or a one-time donation, Beaumont CEO John Foxs Final FU to Detroit: Merger with Spectrum Health, Beaumont Health Chair John Lewis -- Champion of CEO John Fox -- Stepping Down in June, Beaumont Manager Moved to Sabotage Anesthetists Concerns About Critical Drug Pump Shortage, Beaumonts John Fox Set to Unload Historic Bloomfield Hills Estate, Beaumont Nurse Anesthetists at Royal Oak, Troy and Grosse Pointe Vote Overwhelmingly to Unionize, Beaumont Forces Suspension of Leader of Nurse Anesthetist Union Drive, Andy Levin Goes After Amazon's Union Busting in Alabama, but Silent About Beaumont. That wasnt entirely true. Spectrums board strikes me as pretty buttoned up, so they might not yet appreciate the extent of how damaged Beaumont really is. Instead, thanks to aggressive cost cutting and other misguided decisions by Fox and COO Carolyn Wilson, Beaumont imploded. Share. Fox previously disclosed he talked to more than 100 hospital systems hoping to find a corporate bride for Beaumont. Most of them arent qualified to serve on the board of a major hospital company and the proof is in the Beaumont pudding. What, if any, role Wilson will play after the merger hasnt been disclosed. Hospital plans are designed to incentivize doctors not to order or recommend expensive procedures in order to reduce payouts. The expansion is apromising sign that Spectrum is willing to commit money and resources to expand and upgrade Beaumonts facilities and reverse the decline the hospital system has suffered from Foxs extensive cost-cutting during his seven-year reign. Far from it. Ive been looking for the past week and have not located them. The financial terms of the deal will reveal whether Freese Decker is as touchy-feely as she appears or whether she can be quite ruthless when a lucrative financial opportunity presents itself. Beaumont CEO Fox and COO Wilson Must Go Now! Despite these challenges, our team members continued to provide nationally recognized health care and we were able to make new investments in the market and bring on new talent, Spectrum said. Starkman: Beaumont's Woes Prove CEO Tina Freese Decker Unfit to Run Michigan's Biggest Hospital System Tweet Share August 19, 2022, 3:14 PM The writer, a Los Angeles freelancer and former. By Eric Starkman During the Covid pandemic, a hospital's safety practices are more. That could further worsen Beaumonts nursing shortage. Fortunately, Freese Deckers western Michigan businesses were healthy enough to allow Spectrum to eke out an operating profit of $119.7 million despite Beaumonts losses. Theres no prestige working at Beaumont anymore. I only see the potential for massive financial loss., Freed warns Spectrums directors: When you sign the documents that will permanently change this region, your signature will forever hold you accountable for the repercussions.. Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Spectrum, is chair of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association. This columnist, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved. Eric Starkman of Los Angeles is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved.. By Eric Starkman. Fox has blamed the pandemic for Beaumonts HR problems, but the issues predated Covid. I know little about Fream, who served as Beaumonts vice chair for several years. By Eric Starkman Beaumont Health CEO John Fox has no shame. The Detroit Free Press quotedSpectrum's Freese Decker as saying, Today is a historic day. Its one of the rare instances where shes made a statement of undeniable truth. One need only look at Beaumont, an amalgamation of the Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, Oakwood Healthcare, Dearborn, and Botsford Health Care in Farmington Hills that was created in 2014. Given that a survey of Beaumont doctors revealed last year they had no confidence in Fox, Wilson, and chief medical officer David Wood Jr., recruiting top quality executives to Beaumont is a near impossible challenge with Fox and Wilson at the helm. Spectrum was projecting a loss of $57.1 million, which . No doubt the pot of cash is the bait that got the merger talks going. Freed was CFO of Grand Rapids-based Spectrum Health for nearly 19 years, and later headed the hospital companys lucrative Priority Health insurance arm for six years. The resignations were due to working conditions and management dissatisfaction, not Covid. Beaumont was once mostly staffed by highly skilled veterans, among the best in healthcare. Terms of the deal arent disclosed, likely because Spectrum is gaining control of Beaumont and its $3.5 billion reserve for next-to-nothing, and possibly paying nothing at all based on Foxs previous deal making. Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. Combining Spectrum with Beaumont would be akin to Target, whose management is respected and its brand has a loyal following, merging with Macys, a troubled chain whose flagship store in midtown Manhattan has lost its luster much like Beaumont Royal Oak. Support our reporting and commentary by becoming a Deadline Detroit member for as little as $3 per month. Said a veteran Troy ER source: Ive never seen anything like this in all my years of nursing. At Beaumont's Royal Oak, Troy, and Grosse Pointe hospitals an elite team of more than 70 anesthesiologists trained and experienced with intubation performed all the procedures. When you sign the documents that will permanently change this region, your signature will forever hold you accountable for the repercussions, Freed said in a letterhe posted on LinkedIn. April 18, 2020, 3:27 PM . The nursing scholarship wont alleviate Spectrums immediate nurse staffing issues. The only remaining senior management executives are Grant, the chief nursing officer, and Jane Jordan, the chief lawyer, who like Grant and CEO Fox, has her primary home in Atlanta. According to one source, Beaumont at least until recently had more than 3,000 job openings. Fox and Geary have referred to the Spectrum transaction as a merger and a partnership. Fox has disclosed that he will depart once the deal is completed, and Id be surprised if Grant and Jordan plan to stick around. A Zoom video conference call that was leaked this week among physicians and the marketing director of a North Carolina hospital involved a discussion on how to manipulate Covid patient stats to make them more scary to the public. Henry Ford also said the unvaccinated were exacerbating its staff shortages. To support Deadline Detroit's independent. Yet the Leapfrog safety rating of Henry Fords flagship hospital in Detroit is a C, while its ambulatory center in more affluent West Bloomfield enjoys an A. HFH chief Lassiter is Black, and almost half of the flagship hospitals staff is nonwhite. However, Beaumont Royal Oak is one of the busiest surgical centers in the country. Though Spectrum Health is a respectable hospital network run by a management and board deeply committed to the Grand Rapids area, the evidence is overwhelming that southeastern Michigan residents wont ultimately benefit from the deal. Reach Eric Starkman at: eric@starkmanapproved.com. Spectrums management is rightfully proud of the people who they are ultimately accountable to because directors bios and photos are featured on the companys website. Its a no-brainer to understand why Fox desperately needs to pull off the Spectrum merger. Its reasonable to assume the real reason for Freams elevation was the board knew Fox was close to inking a deal with a merger partner. My guess is that if Freed understood how Beaumonts directors stood idly by while Beaumont imploded, hed challenge their appointments regardless. In addition to lacking a CFO and chief compliance officer, Beaumont has yet to find a replacement for its chief marketing officer, who left last September. With regards to healthcare, Nessel is a do-nothing attorney general who has stood idly by as Fox drove Beaumont into the ground and is expected to rubber stamp Spectrums takeover. Spectrum reported that Beaumont's operations already have racked up nearly $100 million in losses. In Dearborn, the nursing shortage is so acute that an ICU operates at 60 percent capacity. A responsible attorney general would have removed Fox, board chair Julie Fream, and the other Beaumont directors who stood idly by a long time ago. Carey has spent more than 20 years as a . Lina Khan of the Federal Trade Commission, Hospital prices in southeastern Michigan are among the lowest in the country, so one would have to be incredibly nave to believe Spectrums claim that its takeover will lead to more affordable care. BHSHs management team is comprised entirely of Spectrum executives, except Beaumont Royal Oak president Nancy Susick, who has been named interim president of what is being called BHSH Beaumont Health. By Eric Starkman John Fox, the Atlanta carpetbagger who washed up on the shores of southeastern Michigan seven years ago to bolster Beaumont Health's profits and gussy up Metro Detroit's. The Michigan Nurses Union vowed it would no longer seek to organize at Beaumont because of the companys climate of fear.. Starkman: America's Mistakenly Entitled Restaurant Workers February 08, 2023, 12:24 PM - Starkman Approved 'The Week That Was:' Why Police Have Groups Like the 'Scorpion Unit' February 03,. It appears that Beaumont Health CEO John Fox won't be bundling his millions and bidding Michigan goodbye as soon as he hoped. Beaumont Troy, the only hospital in the companys network with a 5-star ranking for safety from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid, doesnt have the management strife of Royal Oak. Not a situation one would expect given that Freese Decker said her biggest priority was building a health system that celebrates and reinforces diversity and inclusion.. Susan Grant, the chief nursing officer for all of Beaumont, has her primary home in Atlanta. February 02, 2022, 4:58 PM . The FTC is headed by Lina Khan, a Democrat appointed by Biden and sworn in last June 15 to a three-year term. Starkman: Electric Vehicles and the Exploitation of Michigan Taxpayers. His latest story for DeadlineDetroit.com shows that high ranking executives are being let go in advance of the proposed merger with Grand Rapids based Spectrum Health. Typically, when deals of these sorts are announced, the CEO of the acquired company pays lip service to being committed to ensuring a smooth transition and promises to stick around and lend their full support. Freese Decker should be fired. Working at Beaumont under Fox and his former COO Carolyn Wilson was a hellacious HR experience, and the pandemic worsened the situation. Freese Decker cant say she wasnt warned. In June of last year Fox announced he planned to merge Beaumont into Advocate Aurora, a Chicago-based hospital network whose CEO was on record as having insatiableambitious plans. Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. Seven Failed Beaumont Directors Will Serve on Board If Spectrum Merger Gets Approval, Beaumont CEO John Foxs Final FU to Detroit: Merger with Spectrum Health, Beaumont Health Chair John Lewis -- Champion of CEO John Fox -- Stepping Down in June, Beaumont Manager Moved to Sabotage Anesthetists Concerns About Critical Drug Pump Shortage, Beaumonts John Fox Set to Unload Historic Bloomfield Hills Estate, Beaumont Nurse Anesthetists at Royal Oak, Troy and Grosse Pointe Vote Overwhelmingly to Unionize, Beaumont Forces Suspension of Leader of Nurse Anesthetist Union Drive, Starkman: Why Tree Huggers Must Save This Small Town in Michigan From Ford, 'Detroit In Black And White:' Why We Got Kicked Off 910 AM, Randy Wimbley Leaving Fox 2 After a Decade on the Air. The silence is understandable. Destroying Beaumont and Spectrum Health, Covid Not Responsible for ER Debacles at Beaumont RO and Troy, Sh** Show at Beaumont Endoscopy Suite in Chaos Amid Nursing Shortage, C-Section Horror at Beaumont Lawsuit Claims Surgeon Left Sponge in Patients Abdomen, Former Spectrum CFO Trashes Beaumont Merger and Warns of 'Massive Financial Loss', Beaumont's Merger Partner Reveals its Disingenuous, Deceptive, Disrespectful Nature, Spectrum Healths Black Employees Explore Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Systemic Racism, Beware! Soon after, Fox announced the Advocate Aurora deal. Copyrightdocument.write(new Date().getFullYear());Deadline Detroit, Inc. - All Rights Reserved, a month membership or a one-time donation, Beaumont Health Chair John Lewis -- Champion of CEO John Fox -- Stepping Down in June, Beaumont Manager Moved to Sabotage Anesthetists Concerns About Critical Drug Pump Shortage, Beaumonts John Fox Set to Unload Historic Bloomfield Hills Estate, Beaumont Nurse Anesthetists at Royal Oak, Troy and Grosse Pointe Vote Overwhelmingly to Unionize, Beaumont Forces Suspension of Leader of Nurse Anesthetist Union Drive, Andy Levin Goes After Amazon's Union Busting in Alabama, but Silent About Beaumont. Bloomberg on Wednesday posted an editorial warning about the growing merger trend among hospitals, noting that it leads to higher insurance prices. The head of Beaumonts audit committee was Julie Fream, who earlier this month became the hospital networks chair and has no auditing experience or background listed on her LinkedIn page. Employees blame them both for Beaumonts implosion. Also fostering ill will is Beaumonts mandate requiring that all employees be vaccinated or be fired. Eric Starkman of Los Angeles is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs at Starkman Approved. Spectrum and Beaumont are not corporate equals. Many organizations are not interested in real change, Chris Metzler, the former associate dean for human resources and diversity studies at Georgetown University, told NBC News. This columnist, a Los Angeles freelancer, is a former Detroit News business reporter who blogs atStarkman Approved. Financially, the pandemic was very good to Beaumont, as the hospital system pocketed an additional $1 billion for its $2.5 billion reserve kitty while furloughing and terminating hundreds of employees. (Deadline Detroit art work ), Starkman: Why Tree Huggers Must Save This Small Town in Michigan From Ford, 'Detroit In Black And White:' Why We Got Kicked Off 910 AM, Randy Wimbley Leaving Fox 2 After a Decade on the Air. Although we are facing these current financial headwinds, we are confident we will continue to deliver effectively and successfully on our mission in the communities we serve in Michigan.. Indiana University Health has 16 hospitals and 36,000 employees. The scuttlebutt around town is that Beaumont directors believe that a merger is the only way to get rid of Fox. Why would Beaumont nurses want to remain on staff when they can make more money working at a staffing agency? It marks the passing of a once great hospital system, and the creation of a giant Michigan hospital network Spectrums former CFO Michael Freed has warned could result in a massive financial loss.. Beaumont Beaumont employees and vendors are encouraged to reach out, with confidentiality assured. 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