Strategic Planning
The number of accountable care organizations is rapidly increasing among private payers and with it some best practices are emerging as the new models significantly alter payer-provider relationships.
Balancing the myriad concerns of a hospital’s workforce is no easy task. Challenges aside, however, it’s a balance worth achieving not only for quality patient care and staff happiness, but because a well-managed workforce is critical to survival in a time of rapid change in U.S. healthcare.
Medical coders have a strong incentive for mastering ICD-10 coding. Physicians not so much.
While the Great Recession has ended, it’s anything but back to business-as-usual for strategic and financial planners in the healthcare industry. The Affordable Care Act and the shift from the traditional fee-for-service payment system to an innovative fee-for-value system is seeing to that.
These should be the best of times for the patient safety movement. After all, it was concerns over medical mistakes that launched the transformation of our delivery and payment models, from one focused on volume to one that rewards performance. Yet I’ve never been more worried about the safety movement than I am today.
The earlier hospitals begin to plan and strategize for how they will handle the healthcare environment once health insurance exchanges are operational, the better, said Purva Rawal, senior manager of health reform at Avalere Health, during a webinar Thursday.
Beginning in October, more than 4 million businesses will receive 2012 economic census forms representing all U.S. communities and industries. All forms will be delivered by the end of the year and must be returned to the U.S. Census Bureau by Feb. 12, 2013.
For-profit healthcare chain, Steward Health Care System, is continuing to expand its reach, this time northward into Maine. On Monday, Mercy Health System of Maine, a nonprofit, Catholic system associated with the Sisters of Mercy and Catholic Health East, announced that it had signed a non-binding letter of intent with Steward, the first step in a possible acquisition.
Soliant Health, a specialty healthcare staffing provider and part of Adecco Group, announced its list of America's 20 Most Beautiful Hospitals last week. Leaders from the top five hospitals spoke to Healthcare Finance News about their reactions.
A remote patient monitoring and care management program implemented by Geisinger Health Plan using technology provided by AMC Health has shown a 44 percent reduction in hospital readmissions, the company announced recently.