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Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare finance sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending June 13, 2014.
According to a recent survey, 46 percent of healthcare hiring and human resources managers have open positions for which they cannot find qualified candidates. The costs of extended vacancies are real, but solutions are constrained by cost reduction initiatives.
The Affordable Care Act was designed to make medical care less expensive for the American public; it was not intended to put healthcare providers out of business. But a recent analysis of U.S. hospitals suggests the law could contribute to the demise of hundreds of poor performers.
Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare finance sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending June 6, 2014.
I am an unabashed proponent of the Lean philosophy in many settings, especially the clinical environment of a hospital. But Lean quickly goes by the wayside without the enthusiastic support and encouragement and personal involvement of senior management.
A new study provides even more evidence that physician leadership is the key to success with accountable care organizations. Strong focus on patient needs is a key driver of success, but physician-led ACOs typically struggle with the care coordination piece.
Ugly stories about waiting lists and poor care in VA facilities are coming out in the press. But in truth, there is not enough information to say whether the VA system is worse or better than the private system as a whole, or even to compare the VA with individual private sector hospitals.
Hospitals in Georgia have struggled financially in recent years, as uncompensated care costs rose after the recession and the state rejected Medicaid expansion. But one standalone facility decided that affiliation and clinical integration might be the right path to stave off closure.
Patient satisfaction surveys suggest patients are unsatisfied and hospitals must do more to engage them. New technologies and techniques can help organizations find new ways to involve patients in their care and connect them with their caregivers.
If you are considering buying a minority interest in a medical practice or other healthcare business, review the seller's appraisal carefully to make sure it is of the appropriate, specified equity interest. Are you really getting a "discount" when it comes with little to no control?