As more physicians tire of declining reimbursements and growing patient loads, concierge medicine may become more popular. According to the American Academy of Private Physicians, more than 1,000 physicians already practice concierge, boutique or "members only" medicine in which patients…
Leadership & Management
This year, for the first time, employers are generally passing on all their health insurance rate increases to employees, while more than one-quarter of employees are now in high-deductible policies, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.
As part of a court-ordered arbitration agreement with Miami's Jackson Health System, a collection agency has taken full ownership of $310 million in billings for uninsured patients that the system had never tried to collect, according to a report by…
Here are eight of the largest independent group purchasing organizations in the United States, ranked by number of hospitals served.
Here are the top 10 "action items" general surgeons would like to improve in their practice environment, based on whether the surgeons are salaried employees or owners/partners, according to the LocumTenens.com 2010 General Surgeon Salary Survey Report.
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You can't manage what you don't measure: that seems to be the mantra of every hospital executive, as electronic data systems increasingly help hospitals track data on quality measures, patient satisfaction and revenue. Here five hospital leaders discuss ten statistics…
Many hospitals and health systems struggle with how to best leverage their assets to effectively compete in a changing environment. Traditionally, organizations have maximized individual assets to advance individual market strategies. Moving forward, financial pressures, provider shortages, technological changes and…
Hoag Hospital Irvine (Calif.), part of the Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian system, opened yesterday, replacing the former Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center, according to a Hoag Memorial news release.
A section of the healthcare reform law, the Affordable Care Act, raises standards for charity care, financial assistance and meeting community needs for non-profit hospitals receiving tax-exemptions. While some of these provisions went into effect immediately, the Internal Revenue Service…
Most hospitals — whether religious, secular, for-profit or non-profit — have a mission statement that establishes their ideology and goals. But it's one thing to print a mission statement in a brochure and quite another to espouse that mission in…