Operations

With the advent of healthcare reform and the drive toward clinical integration, roles for physician executives have not only proliferated, they have broadened in scope.

More throughput for ERs means more dollars for a hospital's bottom line.

Commercial and public payers and providers toiled in the trenches putting accountable care organizations (ACOs) and other new models of payment and delivery to work this year to determine if they in reality could improve quality and cost.

Nationwide, hospitals have been feeling the burden of Medicare penalties for avoidable 30-day readmissions.

A survey examining how U.S. hospitals are addressing CMS 30-day readmission penalties found that most facilities agree on what core strategies work the best for reducing preventable readmissions. Post-acute care coordination is near the top of the list.

Tenet Healthcare stock plunged Tuesday after the Dallas-based company lowered its fourth-quarter outlook and reported lower than estimated third-quarter earnings.

Our weekly look at career moves in the healthcare finance sector. This issue highlights promotions, hires and fires for the week ending October 25, 2013.

It is so striking that hospitals are keen to accept and publicize the results of the fairly meaningless U.S. News and World Report hospital rankings and yet complain bitterly when the Leapfrog Group posts scores based on data about preventable medical errors and injuries.

One of the most promising trends in healthcare improvement is an interprofessional education program managed by the American College of Preventive Medicine that introduces Integrative Medicine into conventional medical settings.

Hospitals are cutting their operating costs in order to adjust to reduced revenues as Medicare tightens payments.