Boosting Accountability Helps ProMedica Save $108 Million in 2018
Each year, leaders at ProMedica set a 3 percent cost-reduction goal, which they believe is achievable and still has a significant impact on the bottom line.
HOPDs vs. ASC: Understanding Payment Differences
The growth of ambulatory surgery centers has hospitals and health systems looking at payment in a new way.
Reconsidering post-acute care options
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer highlights the need to consider post-acute care in the context of reducing the total cost of care.
Consolidating Answering Services After Mergers Contains Costs, Increases Physician Satisfaction
Piedmont Healthcare stabilizes costs, improves clinical efficiency, and boost physician satisfaction through careful consolidation of physician answering services.
Hospitals cut safety-related patient deaths by 22% since 2016: Leapfrog
A national safety-grading group concluded that a combination of factors enabled hospitals to reduce annual safety-related deaths by 45,000, or 22%, since 2016.
Health plan data helps physicians, but additional insight would improve outcomes
A patient-centered medical home program has fostered collaborative relationships between a health plan and participating providers, but one provider says the program would be even more effective if the data supplied by the health plan were more actionable.
Analysis: Walmart’s provider partnerships address cost reduction, patient experience and outcomes
Walmart’s venture into healthcare cost savings for its employees has wide-ranging potential financial impacts for hospitals and health systems.
6 Steps to Effective Document Retention and Destruction
Implementing a document retention/destruction process avoids unnecessary storage fees and potential legal issues.
Viewing Sustainability Through the Cost-Savings Lens
Sustainability strategies like installing fluid management systems in the operating rooms (ORs) can improve safety and reduce waste and associated costs.
Setting Targets for Health System Leaders Garners Results
Swedish American Health System’s VP and treasurer shares her organization’s successes in margin improvement.