Why success in cost reduction is a matter of trust
According to a survey, healthcare organizations that discuss cost reduction with clinicians more often are better prepared to achieve cost-reduction goals. Find out what approaches can restore trust for a better bottom line in this research report.
Financial Sustainability Report: March 2021
The March Financial Sustainability Report, sponsored by Kaufman Hall, highlights significant changes in the nature of risk that hospitals and health systems face in the post-pandemic world, and how these organizations’ leaders should respond. Other articles explore key success factors in M&A initiatives and tactics for controlling variation in costs for surgical procedures.
Financial Sustainability Report: April 2021
The April Financial Sustainability Report, sponsored by Kaufman Hall, offers results of a health system’s assessment of its costs to deliver telemedicine services. Other content includes a case study of how a large medical group revamped its approach to compensating its employed physicians, and guidance on how to stem the losses many hospitals incur around referrals for ambulatory services.
Financial Sustainability Report: May 2021
The May Financial Sustainability Report, sponsored by Kaufman Hall, describes a new method for compensating physicians that better accounts for each organization’s unique circumstances. It also includes guidance for finance and clinical leaders on how they can work together effectively while acknowledging their differences, and it examines how payer-provider partnerships are helping organizations keep pace with a transforming healthcare industry.
Financial Sustainability Report: March 2020
The March issue of the Financial Sustainability Report, sponsored by Kaufman Hall, provides insights and guidance for healthcare finance leaders ranging from accessing untapped opportunities for cost savings to using risk stratification to improve the organization’s position in negotiating risk contracts.
UCHealth standardizes procedures and technology to enhance systemwide care
UCHealth has achieved rapid integration among acquired facilities by establishing a uniform IT platform while allowing for flexibility.
Enterprise staffing analytics: An untapped aid for achieving financial success
Scheduling analytics can help organizations match the demand of each clinical area to the available physician supply while managing staff capacity to achieve strategic goals.
FBI issues alert about ransomware threat affecting healthcare organizations
The Conti ransomware attacks have disrupted healthcare networks in the U.S. and abroad, according to an alert.
As the Senate Finance Committee considers telehealth expansion, payment approaches are a key talking point
A congressional hearing featured testimony about why fee-for-service is not a viable way to fund a Medicare telehealth expansion.
Medicaid and CHIP data show a marked decrease in behavioral healthcare utilization amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Utilization for many services plummeted during a large part of 2020, and the biggest impact was seen in services for mental health and substance-use disorders.