Read the contens of the June 2019 Healthcare Cost Containment newsletter.
Laboratory strategies
Mayo Clinic Laboratories uses data, clinician teams to identify cost savings
Laura Ramos Hegwer
Just one lab utilization initiative can have a massive financial impact, says Andrew Cousin of Mayo Clinic Laboratories. Don’t be so overwhelmed by the scope that you do not take that first small step.
Clinical costs
5 tactics to reduce clinical costs and improve performance
Rob Gamble, Pamela Damsky and Mike Gart
Addressing rising clinical care delivery costs is a critical step in achieving the next level of financial performance required to thrive in today’s environment.
HFMA events
HFMA’s Annual Conference: Reimagining the future of healthcare
The conference offers customized cohort sessions and keynote speakers focused on innovation.
Technology
9 considerations for a comprehensive technology plan
Stephen Carrabba
Healthcare organizations should develop IT plans, measure themselves against their plans and consistently review how regulatory and product changes mandate the need for plan revisions.
Managing chronic conditions
7 ways to address financial barriers to medication adherence and contain costs
By Shirley Titus
When patients are able to afford their medications, they are also more likely to take those medications as prescribed, thereby avoiding costly hospitalizations and ED visits. Lower costs in this way helps healthcare providers achieve success under value-based payment models that reward high-quality, low-cost care.
Labor cost management
Optimizing the hospital workforce in a rapidly changing environment
Therese A. Fitzpatrick
Hospitals and health systems can use the insights from modeling exercises to calculate the impact of everything from changes to weekend staffing schedules to the creation of new float pools.
Link to come
Healthcare costs at a glance
Healthcare leaders agree about the value of supply chain management
The main influencers in supply chain management decisions are supply chain leaders and the CFO.
Read the contens of the June 2019 Healthcare Cost Containment newsletter.
Laboratory strategies
Mayo Clinic Laboratories uses data, clinician teams to identify cost savings
Laura Ramos Hegwer
Just one lab utilization initiative can have a massive financial impact, says Andrew Cousin of Mayo Clinic Laboratories. Don’t be so overwhelmed by the scope that you do not take that first small step.
Clinical costs
5 tactics to reduce clinical costs and improve performance
Rob Gamble, Pamela Damsky and Mike Gart
Addressing rising clinical care delivery costs is a critical step in achieving the next level of financial performance required to thrive in today’s environment.
HFMA events
HFMA’s Annual Conference: Reimagining the future of healthcare
The conference offers customized cohort sessions and keynote speakers focused on innovation.
Technology
9 considerations for a comprehensive technology plan
Stephen Carrabba
Healthcare organizations should develop IT plans, measure themselves against their plans and consistently review how regulatory and product changes mandate the need for plan revisions.
Managing chronic conditions
7 ways to address financial barriers to medication adherence and contain costs
By Shirley Titus
When patients are able to afford their medications, they are also more likely to take those medications as prescribed, thereby avoiding costly hospitalizations and ED visits. Lower costs in this way helps healthcare providers achieve success under value-based payment models that reward high-quality, low-cost care.
Labor cost management
Optimizing the hospital workforce in a rapidly changing environment
Therese A. Fitzpatrick
Hospitals and health systems can use the insights from modeling exercises to calculate the impact of everything from changes to weekend staffing schedules to the creation of new float pools.
Link to come
Healthcare costs at a glance
Healthcare leaders agree about the value of supply chain management
The main influencers in supply chain management decisions are supply chain leaders and the CFO.
