Healthcare Finance Technology

How South Shore Health System Protected Revenue During an EHR Transition

South Shore Health System created a formal revenue integrity department to mitigate revenue loss during its EHR transition and to monitor and track progress after implementation.

Lisa A. Eramo May 15, 2017

What’s Behind an Innovative Tool?

A specialized department to help clinicians and researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital get their innovative ideas to market.

Laura Ramos Hegwer May 15, 2017

Finding Success with Provider-Sponsored Health Plans During Uncertain Times

Community Health Choice, a provider-sponsored health plan started by Harris Health System, has grown its marketplace membership from 300 enrollees to 150,000 over four enrollment periods. Despite uncertainty about the future of federal healthcare laws and the marketplaces, the health plan says that it may still experience growth in 2018.

Laura Ramos Hegwer May 12, 2017

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.

Laura Ramos Hegwer May 11, 2017

An EHR Implementation Road Map Enhances ROI

A roadmap can help hospitals and health systems determine the best use of EHRs toward broader clinical and financial objectives.

Ralph Fargnoli May 11, 2017

Fundamentals of Effective Cognitive Predictive Analytics

To obtain a healthy ROI for a predictive analytic system, hospitals and health systems should assess its own needs against what the system promises to deliver.

Ritesh Sharma May 2, 2017

Collaboration Across Competitors

As organizations look to increase the volume of data available, many are looking to forming alliances with competitors.

Eric McKesson April 28, 2017

A Framework for Developing a Telehealth Strategy

Developing a successful telehealth program requires attention to technology components, budget, financial options, and building a flexible system.

Sara Fay April 25, 2017

Avoiding the Costliest Denials

Eligibility, outpatient medical necessity, and case management authorization continue to be three of the costliest denials. To avoid the negative effects of these types of denials, it is critical to implement an improvement process based on data.

Laura Ramos Hegwer April 10, 2017

Using Dashboards to Drive Better Performance

The decision support team at Baptist Health implemented a new tool that provides dashboards to monitor service line performance, profitability, and utilization.

Laura Ramos Hegwer April 7, 2017
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