Operations Management

Prioritizing Accounts Helps Sanford Health Lift Patient Payments by $2.1M

Scoring and segmenting patients according to their propensity to pay, combined with using an automated dialer, can significantly improve the productivity of patient account teams. 

Laura Ramos Hegwer October 13, 2017

Cost: The Biggest Barrier to Precision Medicine

Joel Diamond explores the cost barriers of genetic testing to precision medicine.

Joel Diamond October 12, 2017

Applying Cost Accounting to Hospital Print for Optimal Value

Sean Hughes explains how a more efficient approach to printing can contribute to value initiatives.

Sean Hughes October 5, 2017

EY Leader: Executive Experience Session Showcases Potential for Collaboration

Executive Experience attendees at HFMA’s ANI 2017 provided input on four vital issues that need to be addressed when seeking to establish value-based partnerships.

HFMA October 5, 2017

Attendee Feedback: How to Develop Value-Based Partnerships

Executive Experience attendees at HFMA’s ANI 2017 provided input on four vital issues that need to be addressed when seeking to establish value-based partnerships.

HFMA October 5, 2017

Rethinking Health Care’s Triple Aim

Achieving health care’s Triple Aim has proved elusive, but it may be yet be achievable through a process of engaging rising-risk patients in their own care through daily self-reporting.

Jim Evans October 4, 2017

Using Physician Assistants Can Save Costs

Healthcare executives responding to a recent survey overwhelming agree that transforming costs is a “significant” or “very significant” need, but more than 50 percent have no cost reduction targets for the next five years or have a goal of 1-5 percent—a range that is far below what will be required to transform cost structures.

HFMA October 3, 2017

Crisis Behavioral Health Readiness

Geoffrey Boyce describes the benefits of putting telehealth infrastructure in place before a natural disaster or other crisis strikes.

Geoffrey Boyce October 3, 2017

5 Ways to Build a Successful Work-From-Home Program

For hospitals, a well-executed work-from-home program can help improve staff morale and quality of life, as well as attract and retain high performers in competitive markets, especially those who have a long commute or may be moving out of the area.

Don Wright October 3, 2017

New Survey Finds Current Cost Transformation Initiatives Lack Required Urgency

Healthcare executives responding to a recent survey overwhelming agree that transforming costs is a “significant” or “very significant” need, but more than 50 percent have no cost reduction targets for the next five years or have a goal of 1-5 percent—a range that is far below what will be required to transform cost structures.

Todd Fitz October 3, 2017
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