Strategic Planning
The recession and the mandates outlined in the Affordable Care Act are changing the way hospitals do business, with a greater emphasis on clinical outcomes, cost efficiency, and quality of care and less emphasis on patient volume.
Once an independent hospital decides it wants to join a larger hospital or health system, it must do the footwork to prepare for a merger and find the right partner.
Keeping a medical practice going these days has become a complex and pricey endeavor. Near the top of the list of increasing costs: information technology.
Among the themes at the Medical Group Management Association's annual conference in San Diego next week is the impact of personality -- from using personality for branding to understanding why people do what they do.
As health systems and hospitals consolidate and battle for patients, they are starting to employ online consumer marketing efforts. A new Provider Web Presence Index is now available to track provider success.
The healthcare industry is undergoing dramatic change, which means a new role for the hospital chief financial officer. CFOs must now be more strategic, and possess some very specific skills and experiences.
While economic pressures are external drivers, there are several internal indicators that may signal when an independent hospital should consider aligning itself with a partner.
Recent research indicates that primary care physicians who participated in a quality-reporting incentive program saw patients make "greater improvements" in cardiovascular disease preventive care than the patients of fee-for-service providers.
Lawyers for a radiology practice are asking a federal appeals court in Richmond to let them challenge Virginia's certificate of need law, after a district court dismissed a lawsuit brought against the Virginia Department of Health.
The burgeoning market for clinical analytics solutions hinges on hospital margins following new payment reform.