John Andrews
Recessions have a way of forcing everyone to rethink their expenditures and the prudence of each purchase. While hospitals historically haven’t had to do that with regularity, they definitely are doing it now and they are calling on group purchasing organizations and vendors to help them.
They say necessity is the mother of invention. If true, one could make the argument that if a stalled credit market is necessity, then leasing and used equipment purchasing is the invention.
Healthcare financing appears to be a big waiting game in early 2009.
PERHAPS IT ISN’T just politics that make strange bedfellows. Like it or not, the healthcare industry is becoming more competitive and commercial as consumer-driven forces cause executives to re-evaluate their organizations’ status in the marketplace. And it is resulting in some interesting partnerships not previously seen.
NOW THAT HEALTHCARE is beset with the same troubles as the rest of the economy, it’s official: No place is insulated from the Wall Street collapse.“Even though hospitals’ fi...
BECAUSE HEALTHCARE “customers” don’t fit the conventional role of goods and services buyers, provider organizations haven’t made customer relationship management a priority....
WHEN IT COMES to hospital-physician relations, both parties should concentrate on their similarities rather than their differences, industry experts say. By focusing on the goals and challenges they s...
HOSPITAL PRICING POLICIES often leave patients confused and exasperated. That shouldn’t be surprising in light of the mercurial nature of payer reimbursement rates, constantly evolving payment p...
Proper maintenance of records, complete reporting on forms and strict adherence to regulations should keep not-for-profit hospitals in good standing with the Internal Revenue Service over executive co...
STRATEGIC PLANNING MAY BE the most formidable job for those in the C suite. It commands fastidious due diligence along with resolute leadership, methodical implementation and unquestioned accountabili...