Video: Key Points of Focus for Hospitals: CMS Strategy, Bundled Payment, and Cost of Care
Larry Goldberg, principal, Larry Goldberg Consulting, takes a look at bundled payments, quality outcomes, and the cost of providing services.
Short-Term vs Long-Term Healthcare Finance Strategies
HFMA President and CEO Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA, talks about short-term vs. long-term strategies in healthcare finance.
Video: Consciously Lowering the Cost of Care
Gordon T. Edwards, CFO for Marshfield Clinic Health System, discusses the high cost of hospital care and how Marshfield treats patients outside the hospital care setting at a lower cost.
Sidebar: Screening for Food Insecurity
The American Academy of Pediatrics encourages pediatricians to use a validated two-question screening tool to identify patients who may need help getting food.
Direct Primary Care Gains Traction
Direct primary care is gaining a foothold in the healthcare industry because it promotes convenience for consumers and greater accountability among providers.
Healthcare Strategy in the Year of Uncertainty
Economics continues to overshadow politics as a driver of healthcare strategy for providers, with market forces looming large even amid legislative uncertainty.
Henry Ford Health System Builds a Population Health Management Platform
The health system’s plan for value-based care involves centralizing core population health management functions and integrating data from multiple sources.
Food for Health: Taking Care of Our Patients’ Most Basic Needs
ProMedica CEO Randy Oostra describes a program that addresses food insecurity in the community by safely repackaging leftover food from a local casino and distributing it to those in need.
Video: What Provider Organizations Need to Start Successful Health Plans
Paul Keckley, managing editor of The Keckley Report, explores what provider organizations need to start successful health plans.
How Consolidation Is Reshaping Health Care
The shift from volume to value based care, exploration of ways to manage population health, and the increasing influence of consumerism have challenged healthcare stakeholders to improve care delivery by reducing clinical variation while increasing access to capital. As