Patients are setting their own benchmarks, rules and standards by which hospitals are expected to comply. More important is the speed these expectations will be formulated, communicated and publicized. Such promptness will quickly separate winners from losers in the health…
Leadership & Management
While a number of Connecticut hospitals have recently plunged into messy contract disputes with private payors, some of them also acknowledge they could lower their costs under new payment arrangements, according to a report by the Connecticut Mirror.
Three major hospital companies and two hospital systems have invested in the Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund — a strategic venture focused on investments in businesses that improve healthcare delivery. One of the limited partners in the fund is non-profit Iowa…
Are you looking for programs that can consistently provide you with a return on investment of 100 percent or more? If so, talk to your (wait for it)…marketing department about customer relationship management.Just a few short years ago, most hospital…
Maryland legislators are considering a bill that would ban companies from providing physicians and other healthcare providers gifts following allegations that cardiologists in the state have been "indirectly influenced" to perform unnecessary heart stent procedures as a result of relationships…
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Kemp Dolliver, a Boston-based analyst at Avondale Partners, predicts a favorable years for hospital operator LifePoint Hospitals, according to a Tennessean news report.
Adapting a culture of health, or at least implementing health and wellness programs, is becoming a wise move for hospitals with financial benefits and incentives found in the Affordable Care Act, according to a recent report by the American Hospital…
Vanguard Health Systems has begin to restructure Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, part of eight-hospital Detroit Medical Center, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.
Recovery audit contractors and Medicare administrative contractors will coordinate activities in their hunt for overpayments to hospitals, according to a report by the Report on Medicare Compliance.
The White House has re-nominated Don Berwick, MD, as head of CMS, but he is certain to face tough questioning by Republicans in upcoming Senate hearings, according to a report by Politico.