Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ … Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 … Next page › Last page Last Physician Flash Report: August 2021 Physician groups across the country saw productivity and revenue improvements in the second quarter compared to pre-pandemic levels seen in Q4 2019. Research Report 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 2021 State of Healthcare Performance Improvement Report: COVID Creates a Challenging Environment The COVID-19 pandemic continues to undermine performance improvement efforts at hospitals and health systems across the country. Workforce realignments, a rapid push into telehealth, lower volumes, and rising labor and supply costs point to the need for transformative change. Research Report Physician Flash Report: October 2021 Physician activity came roaring back in the second and third quarters of this year, with physician productivity and revenues surpassing both 2019 and 2020 performance. Research Report The Workforce Challenge Is a Segmentation Challenge In my conversations with senior executives at healthcare organizations around the country, I find that leaders have three critical topics on their minds: workforce, workforce, and... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Recruitment and Retention Strategies Can Help Mitigate Impacts of the Great Resignation To mitigate the impact of labor shortages, health systems must ensure they can move nimbly in hiring qualified staff while doubling down on their employee retention strategies. Article Physician Flash Report: January 2022 U.S. physician practices ended 2021 with sizeable gains in physician productivity and revenues relative to late 2020 performance, but mounting expenses and high levels of investments/subsidies required to support practice operations continue to be areas of concern. Research Report Winter 2022 Kaufman Hall Report: Strategies for Improving Recruitment and Retention Hospitals and health systems are feeling the full effects of the Great Resignation as labor expenses climb despite lower staffing levels. As a result, hospitals are paying higher wages to compete for qualified personnel. Read the Winter 2022 Kaufman Hall Report for strategies for improving recruitment and retention. Research Report Operationalizing Value-Based Primary Care: Lessons from the Field For more than a decade, hospitals, payers, and other healthcare stakeholders have experimented with moving healthcare payment from fee-for-service, volume-based contracts to arrangements that reward providers for the value of the care they provide. Article An Empathic Approach to Post-Merger Integration Empathy can play a powerful role in building a common culture within a newly combined organization. Article Getting a Handle on Observation Status Patients Since the introduction of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ two-midnight rule for determining observation status in 2013, observation patients have represented a growing... Article Ken Kaufman on Disrupting Privilege: Conversations on Race and Health Ken Kaufman was interviewed on the podcast “Disrupting Privilege: Conversations on Race and Health.” Ken discussed the leadership necessary for true progress in health equity, drawing lessons from how retiring Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians developed a succession plan for diversity. Podcast Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ … Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 … Next page › Last page Last
Physician Flash Report: August 2021 Physician groups across the country saw productivity and revenue improvements in the second quarter compared to pre-pandemic levels seen in Q4 2019. Research Report
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
2021 State of Healthcare Performance Improvement Report: COVID Creates a Challenging Environment The COVID-19 pandemic continues to undermine performance improvement efforts at hospitals and health systems across the country. Workforce realignments, a rapid push into telehealth, lower volumes, and rising labor and supply costs point to the need for transformative change. Research Report
Physician Flash Report: October 2021 Physician activity came roaring back in the second and third quarters of this year, with physician productivity and revenues surpassing both 2019 and 2020 performance. Research Report
The Workforce Challenge Is a Segmentation Challenge In my conversations with senior executives at healthcare organizations around the country, I find that leaders have three critical topics on their minds: workforce, workforce, and... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Recruitment and Retention Strategies Can Help Mitigate Impacts of the Great Resignation To mitigate the impact of labor shortages, health systems must ensure they can move nimbly in hiring qualified staff while doubling down on their employee retention strategies. Article
Physician Flash Report: January 2022 U.S. physician practices ended 2021 with sizeable gains in physician productivity and revenues relative to late 2020 performance, but mounting expenses and high levels of investments/subsidies required to support practice operations continue to be areas of concern. Research Report
Winter 2022 Kaufman Hall Report: Strategies for Improving Recruitment and Retention Hospitals and health systems are feeling the full effects of the Great Resignation as labor expenses climb despite lower staffing levels. As a result, hospitals are paying higher wages to compete for qualified personnel. Read the Winter 2022 Kaufman Hall Report for strategies for improving recruitment and retention. Research Report
Operationalizing Value-Based Primary Care: Lessons from the Field For more than a decade, hospitals, payers, and other healthcare stakeholders have experimented with moving healthcare payment from fee-for-service, volume-based contracts to arrangements that reward providers for the value of the care they provide. Article
An Empathic Approach to Post-Merger Integration Empathy can play a powerful role in building a common culture within a newly combined organization. Article
Getting a Handle on Observation Status Patients Since the introduction of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ two-midnight rule for determining observation status in 2013, observation patients have represented a growing... Article
Ken Kaufman on Disrupting Privilege: Conversations on Race and Health Ken Kaufman was interviewed on the podcast “Disrupting Privilege: Conversations on Race and Health.” Ken discussed the leadership necessary for true progress in health equity, drawing lessons from how retiring Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians developed a succession plan for diversity. Podcast