John Andrews

Before committing to partnerships within a parochial healthcare network, all the players must know the stakes, the options available and most importantly, the methodology for proceeding with a business model that is foreign to most provider organizations.

Accountable care organizations can be risky business. ACO care partners must be able to depend on one another for proper patient handling, data flow, clinical cooperation, revenue sharing and other agreed-upon measures.

Attitudes toward healthcare financing have been fairly conservative ever since the general economy collapsed with the stock market in 2008.

Attitudes toward healthcare financing have been fairly conservative ever since the general economy collapsed with the stock market in 2008, but opportunities are opening up.

From a real estate perspective, the healthcare landscape is dramatically changing. The massive, monolithic structures that have come to represent the acute care setting are becoming more stratified in smaller buildings across wider swaths of a community. As Medicare policy encourages shorter inpatient hospital stays and drives patients into the post-acute care world, the need for colossal facilities is declining, real estate analysts say.

The massive, monolithic structures that have come to represent the acute care setting are becoming more stratified in smaller buildings across wider swaths of a community.

When examining the cost of product procurement, delivery and distribution within a health network, executives may only be considering about half of their total supply chain spend.

Although Accountable Care Organizations are still in nascent stages in many areas of the country, a few large provider groups are ahead of the curve, getting into the nuts and bolts of how these alliances should exist, operate and perform.

Although accountable care organizations are still in nascent stages in many areas of the country, a few large provider groups are ahead of the curve, getting into the nuts and bolts of how these alliances should exist, operate and perform, and what they're finding is that there may not be one "right" way to do it.

When examining the cost of product procurement, delivery and distribution within a health network, executives may only be considering about half of their total supply chain spend.