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Now that the healthcare industry has an extra year to implement ICD-10, providers should take advantage of that time to properly prepare for implementation in Oct. 2014, coding professionals say.

The number of accountable care organizations is rapidly increasing among private payers and with it some best practices are emerging as the new models significantly alter payer-provider relationships.

Hospitals across the country are challenged more than ever to reduce costs without sacrificing quality of care. While the success of others can offer a guide, the true solutions for your challenges already live inside your hospital.

Hospitals and health systems never seem to have enough capital – especially with the new initiatives and mandates driven by healthcare reform and other industry changes. Yet some providers seem to be overlooking one of their most favorable, easiest-to-access capital sources: their real estate.

Supply chain managers are under increased pressure to reduce the cost of operational, medical and surgical supplies at their facilities, making successful negotiating a necessity.

Balancing the myriad concerns of a hospital’s workforce is no easy task. Challenges aside, however, it’s a balance worth achieving not only for quality patient care and staff happiness, but because a well-managed workforce is critical to survival in a time of rapid change in U.S. healthcare.

Some of the most challenging aspects for payers to prepare for operating on the exchanges have to with the basics, such as products, rates and service models.

Despite the regular news that the healthcare industry is adding jobs, the pressures of mergers and acquisitions, declining reimbursements and the fears over national healthcare reform have led to several recent announcements of layoffs, which is putting a greater focus on outplacement services for healthcare workers – a service not traditionally used by doctors, nurses and senior staff.

The Physician Payments Sunshine provisions of the Affordable Care Act require all U.S. drug and medical device manufacturers covered under Medicare, Medicaid or SCHIP to disclose payments to physicians and teaching hospitals. T

Within the context of the healthcare supply chain, Business Intelligence (BI) technology can offer chief financial officers, supply chain executives and other hospital personnel an automated way to obtain end-to-end visibility of service line management, according to Group Purchasing Organizations.