Workforce
The Affordable Care Act has brought about financial uncertainty for many health systems, which makes it all the more important for those negotiating contracts with unions to move those negotiations out of the hands of the human resources department and into teams created for the purpose.
Lisa Flavin, a consultant with executive search firm Witt/Kieffer talked to Healthcare Finance News about why hospitals and healthcare organizations should be using interim executives.
With the remaining provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) going into effect in less than a year, employers are trying to prepare for how the law will impact health plan enrollment and cost.
The latest installment of the swooping MGMA Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2013 Report Based on 2012 Data dubs quality and patient satisfaction as measures expected to have a considerable impact on compensation structures in the coming years.
With reports of workplace stress constantly on the rise, the negative impacts of it are being seen across the board. The healthcare industry is no exception and is particularly susceptible to high rates of worker burnout and stress.
Thirty-six hospital finance teams are in the running to be named a top department in Healthcare Finance News' inaugural "Where to Work: BEST Hospital Finance Departments" program.
More employers are considering adopting strategies that will help them be more efficient in the way they pay for healthcare services to slow rising costs, according to new survey data from human resources consulting firm Aon Hewitt.
While the healthcare sector overall gained nearly 11,000 jobs in May, gains were significantly lower than the average of 24,000 a month over the prior 12-month period.
Not-for-profit hospitals are feeling the pinch as their pension plans take a bigger bite out of their budget. The culprit, according to a recent Standard and Poor's report, is low discount rates, which have eroded the funding status of defined benefit (DB) plans in 2012.
A couple of recent wellness-related headlines caught my eye.