How First Physician Corp. Turned Around Its Patient Satisfaction Scores
One emergency medicine physician group raised its patient satisfaction scores from below the 20th to the 99th percentile. Leaders credit a variety of strategies, including sharing unblinded physician data every quarter.
Getting Ready for 2017: Five Focus Areas for Medical Groups
Medical groups should focus on five key areas to optimize their position in 2017, with challenges looming in the areas of payment, consumer engagement, population health management, and provider alignment.
Getting Ready for 2017: Five Focus Areas for Medical Groups
Medical groups should focus on five key areas to optimize their position in 2017, with challenges looming in the areas of payment, consumer engagement, population health management, and provider alignment.
NYU Langone Medical Center Achieves Cost Reductions Through Rehab Fine-Tuning
Early mobilization and other strategies cut length of stay, acute rehab utilization, and post-acute costs. The medical center’s ICU project alone yields $1.5 million in savings.
CHECK Targets Chronic Care Costs For Children
A care coordination program targeted toward children with chronic conditions who are also on Medicaid aims to reduce healthcare costs and improve patient engagement and outcomes.
Leveraging the Lab to Achieve Strategic Objectives
Organizations like Henry Ford Health System are using technology and collaborative partnerships to showcase their labs’ value.
You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure: A Practical Guide for Population Health Management
Measuring population health strategies requires combining diverse sets of data, thinking like a payer, and identifying gaps in care.
Ask the Experts: Customer Service
Can you suggest a few strategies or types of training that can instill a passion for service inside and outside our dept?
Forum Webinar: How to Identify and Eliminate the Hidden Costs of Poor Quality
During this Sept. 8, 2016, HFMA Forum webinar, a health system CEO and chair of surgery discussed how finance and clinical leaders can work together to identify and eliminate quality-related costs.
Ask the Experts: Behavioral Health Revenue Cycle
Please explain the significant differences and challenges inherent in behavioral health revenue cycle.