Bernie Monegain
At about the same time the Senate Finance Committee voted 14-9 Tuesday to approve its healthcare reform bill, Medical Group Management Association President and CEO William F. Jessee, MD, took the stage in Denver to tell his audience healthcare reform can't occur without payment reform.
Medical Group Management Association members rate Medicare Part B as the top performer in a survey of member satisfaction with major health plans.
Yet another threat of a Medicare payment cut makes it hard for physician practices to budget and could have “serious ramifications” for practices across the country, said William F. Jessee, MD, CEO of the Medical Group Management Association.
Ezekiel Emanuel, a White House adviser on healthcare policy, says high-touch is the way to fix the nation’s failing – and costly – healthcare system. In his keynote talk at the Medical Group Management Association in Denver on Sunday Emanuel called for doctors to change their ways of practicing medicine.
Mount Sinai Medical Center, a 1,171-bed hospital affiliated with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, has deployed business intelligence software to get its arms around key financial measures and boost performance management reporting.
Medical City, with more than 1,150 physicians as part of its medical team, will roll out new technology to enhance patient flow throughout the Dallas-based hospital. Executives say the move is also aimed at improving the hospital's profit margin.
Healthcare organizations need to act now to get their share of $34 billion in stimulus incentives, says Mark Leavitt, MD, who heads the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology.
The 81st convention and exhibition of the American Health Information Management Association is under way, and the $34 billion in federal incentives to support adoption of electronic health records is garnering a big piece of the attention.
When it comes to hospital staff scheduling software, customer satisfaction varies widely among finance, IT and nursing departments, sometimes producing departmental battles over which needs are given priority.
The market for medical automation technology is forecast to grow from $13.1 billion this year to $23.2 billion in 2014, according to BCC Research.