Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page › Last page Last From Disparate Data to Informed Strategies Using technology to transform quality, costs, and the patient experience A healthcare organization’s ability to sustain high-value care delivery and ensure its long-term financial... Article From Adversary to Partner: Insights for Payers and Providers Depending on the market, organizations face increased competition from large, integrated companies—or looming pressure from new tech-savvy entrants like Amazon and Google that are unencumbered by the operating challenges and fixed-cost infrastructures of legacy healthcare providers. Article Better Together: The Business Case for Payer-Provider Strategies and Partnerships Health systems and health plans aren't used to thinking of one another as potential allies. But as the competition heats up, many realize it may be better together. Read more! Article Care Management and Reducing Average Length of Stay: Connecting the Dots This is the second article in a three-part Performance Improvement Series. The final article will explore strategies for engaging physicians in performance improvement. Hospital and... Article Why Strategic Networks Make Sense for Academic Medical Centers Academic medical centers (AMCs) have many unique attributes that distinguish them from other hospitals. These same attributes make them ideal partners within a strategic network that comprises community hospitals, rural hospitals, or both. Article Successful Merger Integration: A Strategic Approach For hospitals and health systems focused on transforming how they deliver care to their patients and communities, the prospect of merging with a counterpart organization and creating a... Article Dynamic Financial Planning Provides a Hedge Against Future Disruption The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new and potentially long-lasting volatility into traditional financial planning processes at hospitals and health systems. Financial... Article Addressing the Behavioral Health Crisis Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the U.S. was already facing a behavioral health crisis. Since the pandemic began last year, the magnitude of that crisis has grown: Approximately... Article Coming to Your Market Soon: Primary Care Physicians Empowered by Choice The aggressive growth plans of physician practice disruptors mean that competitive dynamics might change—and change quickly—in many local markets. Learn how independent physician groups and health systems can respond. Article Creating Patient-Centered Access to Care When your mother is sick, do you give her the number to your health system’s call center and hope for the best? Or do you start working your relationships to figure out how to get her... Article Responding to the Risk of Site-Neutral Payments Challenges to hospital outpatient department (HOPD) reimbursement rates are coming from all directions. Some commercial payers are refusing to pay HOPD rates for certain procedures... Article Renters or Owners: Real Estate and Physician Affiliation When health system leaders are thinking about building a medical office building or ambulatory surgery center as part of their ambulatory and physician affiliation strategy, the first question they should ask is, “Do we need to incentivize physicians in this market with real estate and create owners instead of renters?” Article Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page › Last page Last
From Disparate Data to Informed Strategies Using technology to transform quality, costs, and the patient experience A healthcare organization’s ability to sustain high-value care delivery and ensure its long-term financial... Article
From Adversary to Partner: Insights for Payers and Providers Depending on the market, organizations face increased competition from large, integrated companies—or looming pressure from new tech-savvy entrants like Amazon and Google that are unencumbered by the operating challenges and fixed-cost infrastructures of legacy healthcare providers. Article
Better Together: The Business Case for Payer-Provider Strategies and Partnerships Health systems and health plans aren't used to thinking of one another as potential allies. But as the competition heats up, many realize it may be better together. Read more! Article
Care Management and Reducing Average Length of Stay: Connecting the Dots This is the second article in a three-part Performance Improvement Series. The final article will explore strategies for engaging physicians in performance improvement. Hospital and... Article
Why Strategic Networks Make Sense for Academic Medical Centers Academic medical centers (AMCs) have many unique attributes that distinguish them from other hospitals. These same attributes make them ideal partners within a strategic network that comprises community hospitals, rural hospitals, or both. Article
Successful Merger Integration: A Strategic Approach For hospitals and health systems focused on transforming how they deliver care to their patients and communities, the prospect of merging with a counterpart organization and creating a... Article
Dynamic Financial Planning Provides a Hedge Against Future Disruption The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new and potentially long-lasting volatility into traditional financial planning processes at hospitals and health systems. Financial... Article
Addressing the Behavioral Health Crisis Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the U.S. was already facing a behavioral health crisis. Since the pandemic began last year, the magnitude of that crisis has grown: Approximately... Article
Coming to Your Market Soon: Primary Care Physicians Empowered by Choice The aggressive growth plans of physician practice disruptors mean that competitive dynamics might change—and change quickly—in many local markets. Learn how independent physician groups and health systems can respond. Article
Creating Patient-Centered Access to Care When your mother is sick, do you give her the number to your health system’s call center and hope for the best? Or do you start working your relationships to figure out how to get her... Article
Responding to the Risk of Site-Neutral Payments Challenges to hospital outpatient department (HOPD) reimbursement rates are coming from all directions. Some commercial payers are refusing to pay HOPD rates for certain procedures... Article
Renters or Owners: Real Estate and Physician Affiliation When health system leaders are thinking about building a medical office building or ambulatory surgery center as part of their ambulatory and physician affiliation strategy, the first question they should ask is, “Do we need to incentivize physicians in this market with real estate and create owners instead of renters?” Article