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.

As clinical and financial lines blur, CFOs need to constantly keep tabs on which ones are integral to maximizing income.

Many providers are still utilizing technology that goes back decades and doesn’t have the functionality for an increasingly complex billing landscape, which raises the question: Are first-generation RCMs ripe for a "rip and replace" treatment?

The fundamental transformation is to refocus provision of care from "reactive" to "proactive."

Although we've heard "no more delays" from CMS before about the deadline for ICD-10 conversion only to see it postponed again, healthcare decision-makers should treat Oct. 1, 2015, as a set-in-stone launch date, industry analysts say.

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.