Stephanie Bouchard

ABIM has focused on credentialing and opening discussions about unnecessary care. How will you build on those and what future projects can you see yourself involved in through ABIM and the ABIM Foundation?

The compensation of healthcare CEOs is always an attention getter, partly because what goes into a compensation package often seems murky from the outside looking in.

March is Women’s History Month, so in that spirit: What are your thoughts on being a 
female CEO in the healthcare industry?

Bucking expectations, the nation's employment rose by 204,000 in October. The healthcare industry continued to add jobs, but at a lower rate than has been the average through 2013.

The settlement is one of the largest in the history of healthcare fraud in the U.S., including criminal fines and forfeiture totaling $485 million and civil settlements with the federal government and 45 states totaling $1.72 billion.

The delayed September jobs report was met with disappointment when the Bureau of Labor Statistics released it this morning. Even the usually strong healthcare numbers were uninspiring, remaining nearly unchanged from August.

Decisions about facility maintenance and repair of senior care structures may have traditionally been left to facility managers but executives should be leading the way.

Among the themes at the Medical Group Management Association's annual conference in San Diego next week is the impact of personality -- from using personality for branding to understanding why people do what they do.

As more price transparency companies (and the states) put healthcare pricing out in the public domain, providers and payers who have been reluctant to reveal their prices will be disrupted - maybe even so much that they’ll be forced to lower prices.

Managing denials is a challenging prospect for providers, but experts say there are steps to make the process more efficient and more likely to be successful.