One-Stop Shopping for Healthcare Services
As consumerism gains traction in health care, health systems are borrowing the imperatives of the retail industry, including by consolidating and reorganizing their services into central locations.
Progress Via Collaboration
Philadelphia-based Independence Blue Cross and Penn Medicine have collaborated with a venture accelerator to launch a slew of healthcare startups, learning key lessons along the way.
No Easy Choices: What Lies Ahead for Healthcare Reform
Authors of the bill to replace the Affordable Care Act face a complex challenge in attempting to make high-quality care available to a large population at affordable rates.
Optimizing the Preauthorization Process
Senior healthcare provider and health plan leaders examine the difficulties associated with preauthorization and offer strategies for how stakeholders can collaborate to optimize the process.
Preparing the Healthcare Workforce for Value
Healthcare leaders are taking various steps to ensure their workforces evolve to meet the demands of value-based care, but long-term solutions require collaboration across the spectrum of care.
Changes in the Healthcare Landscape Affecting Collections
Adapting to changes and challenges in today’s healthcare economy will allow hospitals and health systems to effect sustainable change.
Examples of Risks to Be Considered With Variable Rate Debt
Risks associated with variable-rate debt are defined for healthcare finance leaders.
The Importance of a Clean Hospital Room, According to Patients
Medicare cost report data provide a means for assessing the effects of various factors on the quality of a hospital’s housekeeping services and how that quality affects patient perceptions.
Variable Rate Debt Option in a Changing Market
It is important for healthcare finance leaders to know how much variable-rate debt and the types of such debt their organization can and should be carrying.
The Future of Value
The move toward value remains a constant although the future of health care is uncertain.