10 Challenges and Opportunities for Hospitals in 2014
It’s not hard to develop a Chicken Little worldview if you work in healthcare, particularly if you’re sitting in the hospital C-suite. Click to continue »
The Future of Hospitals: Visions of the Healthcare Landscape in 2035
Picture what would happen if physicians from 20 or 30 years ago travelled through time to the present day and wandered into a modern hospital. Click to continue »
Staying Strong Under Pressure: Nonprofit Hospitals Discuss the Year Ahead
Looking forward to 2014, Michael Rowan, executive vice president and COO of Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives, sees a number of financial hurdles up ahead for his health system. Click to continue »
Salaries for Health System CEOs Increase 4% in 2013
The recorded median base salary for CEOs increased 4 percent in 2013, up from a 2012 median of 3.2 percent and back in line with averages from 2011, according to the 2013 healthcare compensation study from Hay Group. Click to continue »
50 of the Most Powerful People in Healthcare
The U.S. healthcare system is heading into one of its most monumental years in decades, as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will go into near-full motion. Click to continue »
Becker’s CEO Roundtable 2013: 12 Leaders on the Biggest Healthcare Challenges Today
In a world that has become dominated by talking points and vapid banter, genuine discussion is often left out of the mix. Click to continue »
Incorporating Pharmacists Into ACOs: The Next Step for Cost Savings
Since the start of the accountable care movement, hospitals, health systems and physician groups have been looking for ways to improve care quality and patient experience while lowering costs. Click to continue »
Becker’s Hospital Review 5th Annual Meeting Brochure
CMS: 1,451 Hospitals Penalized in 2014 Value-Based Purchasing Program
For fiscal year 2014, more than half of all hospitals within CMS’ Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program will lose some portion of their Medicare reimbursements. Click to continue »
OIG: High Hospital Charges Lead to Excessive Medicare Outlier Payments
A report from the HHS Office of Inspector General shows high charges at hospitals directly influence a supplementary Medicare payment, thus leading to billions of inflated revenue. Click to continue »
Clinical Executives’ Crucial Role in Health IT Implementation
When St. Joseph, Mich.-based Lakeland HealthCare began its electronic health record implementation in March 2011, President and CEO Loren Hamel, MD, ensured full involvement and ownership of the project from non-technical leaders. Click to continue »
100 Hospitals With Great Heart Programs
Becker’s Hospital Review’s has named “100 Hospitals With Great Heart Programs.” Click to continue »
8 Truths on Health Reform
Obscured in the confusion over the dysfunctional Healthcare.gov website and the efforts in Congress to defund the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act, I believe it is important to understand these eight hard truths surrounding healthcare reform. Click to continue »
The Corner Office: Quick Thoughts From Randy Oostra of ProMedica Health System
Randy Oostra has led Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica as president and CEO since 2009. Click to continue »
