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Plateau Busting: Transforming a CDI Program to Optimize Quality and Revenue

United Health Services, a not-for-profit health system serving New York, realized substantial benefits by implementing a clinical documentation improvement program.

Laura Jacquin August 1, 2017

Priority Advantage: Helping Organizations Optimize Their Medicare Advantage Plans

Gene Cronin, vice president for Priority Advantage, discusses the value and benefits of working with a top-notch Medicare Advantage service vendor.

HFMA July 31, 2017

Closing the Price Gap for Commodity Services

Healthcare leaders looking to be competitive in certain services must carefully consider strategies to lower prices.

Jamie Cleverly July 31, 2017

Closing Health Care’s Value Gap

To ensure current and future success, healthcare providers must take deliberate action to bridge the gap between volume-based payment and value-based payment.

Rulon Stacey July 31, 2017

How Consolidation Is Changing Healthcare Markets

Healthcare organizations contemplating opportunities for consolidation can benefit from performing a detailed analysis that considers potential impacts of a variety of possible scenarios.

Keith D. Moore, MCP July 31, 2017

Medicare Advantage 2.0: Next Generation Growth Strategies

Healthcare organizations looking to expand their Medicare Advantage programs should look to market data for guidance.

Cary Badger July 31, 2017

Gamification: A New Tool for Improving the Performance of Healthcare Organizations

Through gamification, healthcare organizations can engage staff in performance improvement efforts by offering them nonmonetary incentives to pursue these efforts in the spirit of a game.

Brian D. Washburn July 31, 2017

A Data-Driven Approach to Improving Clinical Care and Reducing Costs

The experiences of two health systems provide insight into how healthcare providers can use advanced data analytics to sustainably improve patient outcomes and reduce costs. 

Jennie D. Dulac July 31, 2017

Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Crisis: Action Needed

Legislative action by Congress is needed to address the problem facing the U.S. healthcare system from cost pressures caused by rising prescription drugs prices.

Ceci Connolly July 31, 2017

The Upside of Change

Reframing organizational change can be the key to making change management easier for all concerned.

Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA July 31, 2017
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