8 of the Most Interesting Developments in Healthcare
Several trends, developments or ideas in today’s healthcare landscape are nothing less than fascinating. Click to continue »
Meet the Winners and Losers of Accountable Care
Healthcare reform was all about the patients: It’s there in the name: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. So when federal legislators passed the PPACA and formalized the accountable
care organization model, it’s safe to say they had the healthcare consumer in mind. Click to continue »
Troubled Transactions: Why There’s Still Hope for Financially Struggling Hospitals
Joe Lupica, chairman of Newpoint Healthcare Advisors, likens financially strained community hospitals looking to thrive in a rapidly shifting healthcare industry to lobsters facing the threat of
boiling water. Click to continue »
Which Physicians Would Choose Their Specialty Again?
The majority (74 percent) of physicians would choose their specialty again if they had to start their medical careers over, according to a physician survey conducted by Sermo, an online community
exclusively for physicians. Click to continue »
Employed, Independent Physicians Equally Satisfied
Employed physicians are on par satisfaction-wise with their self- employed counterparts, as 73 percent of employed physicians and 74 percent of self-employed physicians said they were satisfied
overall, according to the Medscape Employed Physicians Report 2014. Click to continue »
Shortage of 1,500 Oncologists Slated to Hit by 2025
The country’s demand for oncologists is slated to nearly double and lead to a shortage of nearly 1,500 cancer specialists by 2025, according to a report from the American Society of Clinical
Oncology. Click to continue »
What it Takes to Build a High Performing Medical Group
As traditional models of healthcare delivery continue to undergo rapid upheaval, hospitals and health systems must adjust. Click to continue »
CMO Roundtable: 5 CMOs on the Challenges, Opportunities of Leading Physicians in an Era of Healthcare Reform
Readmissions, quality reporting, population health — hospital and health system CMOs have more on their plate than ever. Here, five CMOs share their thoughts on the biggest challenges facing the
modern CMO, and advice for 2014 and beyond. Click to continue »
Pay Gap Between Specialists, Primary Care Physicians Diminishing
Between 2012 and 2013, median total cash compensation for primary care physicians rose 5.7 percent, while medical and surgical specialist compensation grew at slower rates, according to a
physician compensation and productivity survey from Sullivan, Cotter and Associates. Click to continue »
10 IT Jobs With Climbing Salaries
Across industries, IT salaries are rising, according to research from staffing company Robert Half Technology. Click to continue »
How are Employed Physicians Paid?
Employed physicians tend to be paid under three main salary arrangements, according to the Medscape Employed Physicians Report 2014. Click to continue »
OIG to Analyze Limits on Hospital Executive Compensation
The HHS Office of Inspector General is evaluating whether caps on hospital executive salaries and compensation could offer substantial Medicare savings. Click to continue »
5 Observations on Hospital-ASC Joint Ventures
As inpatient volumes continue to decline, hospitals increasingly need to consider focusing on outpatient care and surgical services, says Brent Lambert, MD, principal and founder of Ambulatory
Surgical Centers of America, an ASC development and management company based in Hanover, Mass. Click to continue »
5 Recent Hospital & ASC Joint Ventures
Joint ventures are an increasingly popular strategy in the hospital and ambulatory surgery center industries. Here are five hospital and ASC partnerships that have been announced over the past two
months. Click to continue »
10 Things to Know About Cleveland Clinic
Here are 10 things to know about Cleveland Clinic. Click to continue »
10 Things to Know About Kaiser Permanente
Below are 10 things to know about Kaiser Permanente. Click to continue »
The Growing Movement Toward the OB-ED
According to data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, childbirth is the number one reason for inpatient stays in the U.S. Click to continue »
Top Advice From Top CIOs
This year has been and will continue to be a demanding year for healthcare CIOs. Click to continue »
Better Together: Building Productive Working Relationships Between IT and Informatics Executives
Scott Joslyn and Harris Stutman, MD, have been colleagues and friends for the past 25 years. Click to continue »
Health IT Policy Committee Approves Scaled-Back MU3 Recommendations
The Health IT Policy Committee has approved the meaningful use workgroup’s recommendations for stage 3, which have been reduced by about one-third from what the workgroup presented in February.
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Hospitals’ Predicted ROI for MU2: 9 Statistics
Approximately 75 percent of the 298 hospital and health system senior-level IT executives surveyed for the 2014 HIMSS Leadership Survey expect their organization will attest to meaningful use
stage 2. Click to continue »
Intermountain to Skip MU Attestation in 2014
Citing patient safety concerns and competing priorities, Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare has decided not to attest to meaningful use in 2014. Click to continue »
How to Position Community Hospitals for Future Success
As a community hospital in Meridian, Miss., Anderson Regional Medical Center’s priority, like many community hospitals across the country, is to ensure healthcare is made easily available to the community it serves. Unfortunately, ARMC found itself in some financial difficulty, what CEO Ray Humphreys calls a “cash flow challenge.” The 400-bed hospital in eastern Mississippi feared whether it could pay bills and meet payroll in 2011. Click to continue »
Moody’s: Most Hospitals Will See Less Revenue Under Two-Midnight Rule
CMS’ two-midnight rule will reduce revenue for most hospitals when it takes effect this October, according to a report from Moody’s Investors Service. Click to continue »
The Decline of the Inpatient: 5 Observations
Hospital inpatient admissions are undoubtedly trending downward, and the transition to an outpatient and wellness model of healthcare will further deteriorate those volumes, according to a study from financial consulting firm Kaufman Hall. Click to continue »
54 Statistics on Hospital Medicare Margins
In 2012, the average Medicare margin for a U.S. hospital stayed steady at -5.4 percent, according to the latest data analyzed by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Click to continue »
4 Characteristics of Poorly Performing Hospitals
Hospitals that are forced to close their doors often have similar characteristics, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s annual report to Congress. Click to continue »
OIG: Incorrect Clinic Claims Rampant at Hospitals
Medicare is overpaying hospitals millions of dollars every year due to incorrectly coded claims for patient clinic visits, according to a report from the HHS Office of Inspector General. Click to continue »
How Pay-for-Performance Compensation Plans Can Facilitate Physician Alignment
When healthcare reform was first being debated several years ago, there was a dramatic amount of hospitals acquiring physician practices. Click to continue »
When Pay for Performance Hits Hospital Employee Paychecks
A main tenet of the accountable care movement is tying physician and hospital reimbursement to their performance. Click to continue »
Operation Population Health: Cultural and Process Changes Facing Hospitals Today
Although the concept of population health has taken hold on the healthcare industry in the past few years, it is nonetheless easy for it to remain just that: a concept. Click to continue »
Stay the Course, CEOs
Leaders are supposed to navigate their organizations through tumultuous times, build alliances with physicians and other providers, improve quality and cost efficiency, and serve patients better.
Where have the loyalty and commitment gone? Click to continue »
10 Free (Or Very Inexpensive) Ways To Engage Staff
What does it mean to be a great hospital or healthcare system? Click to continue »
The Corner Office: Dr. Vivian Lee of University of Utah Health Care on Where She Finds Optimism
Since July 2011, Vivian S. Lee, MBA, MD, PhD, has served as senior vice president for health sciences at the University of Utah, dean of U of U’s School of Medicine and CEO of University of Utah
Health Care, all based in Salt Lake City. Click to continue »
Hospital & Health System Executive Moves
Hospital & Health System Transactions
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