Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ … Page 41 Current page 42 Page 43 … Next page › Last page Last M&A Industry Flash Report: Laboratory Services October 2017 Hospital-based and independent labs are increasingly challenged by depressed volume, declining payment rates, and disruptive innovation. These challenges and others are leading many laboratory and diagnostic services providers to explore mergers, acquisitions, and other affiliations as vehicles to gain greater scale and improve their competitive positions. Research Report CEO Q&A: OhioHealth's David Blom on Innovation “Finding those points where there’s common ground is where you can really make some progress.” Kaufman Hall: What is your system’s most innovative program today? David Blom: Our... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Lurie Children’s Hospital Is Growing Its Network, Further Improving Care and Its Leading National Position Lurie Children’s leadership recognizes the need for continued organizational transformation amid a changing healthcare landscape. As a long-standing partner and strategic advisor to the organization, Kaufman Hall recently was engaged by Lurie Children’s to help the organization assess the impact of industry change on its marketplace, and shape a vision and related strategies for how the hospital should evolve in the years ahead. Article Payers to Hospitals: Enough Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, the second largest commercial health insurer in the country, is sending a strong message to hospitals about their prices. That message is: “enough.” Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Fall 2017 Kaufman Hall Report Reconfiguring the Portfolio: Tough Decisions Ahead Read the lead article to learn how healthcare leaders across the country are approaching cost transformation, the important role of reconfiguring the portfolio of businesses and service lines in reducing overall costs, and three steps on how to get started on portfolio reconfiguration and rationalization at your organization. Article Defining an Endgame for Consolidation: Lessons from Banking The pace of healthcare consolidation has been accelerating significantly. Between 2006 and 2016, the number of announced hospital and health system transactions increased 55 percent. As I discuss these trends with healthcare executives across the country, the question I hear most often is: What is the endgame? Thoughts from Ken Kaufman What’s Your Lab Strategy? The Economics Are Changing Dramatically Until recently, many hospital and health system executives have counted on relatively stable margins from laboratory departments. The economics of lab testing is changing dramatically due to market forces, including reduced Medicare payments, competition from national labs, higher cost sharing for patients, growth in bundled payments, and more. Article Consumer Focus, Innovation, and Growth: Three Pieces of the Same Puzzle Q&A with Bruce Lawrence, President and CEO, INTEGRIS Read this Q&A to hear how INTEGRIS positions itself for changes to healthcare's business model, if they are able to link consumer focus with strategy for growth, and how it approached innovation at the system level. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman 4 Best Practices for Effective Post-Allocation Management Post-allocation management ensures continued alignment of financial performance with strategic planning cash-flow requirements. Article A Balanced Approach to Innovation Q&A with Eugene Woods, President and CEO, Carolinas HealthCare System Read this Q&A to hear how Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS) approaches and organizes innovation initiatives, as well as how their President and CEO would advise others to go about embracing innovation and creative thinking. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Using Science to Improve the Art of Staffing This paper describes the complexity of the staffing system, and suggests how the infusion of contemporary science with the art of current staffing could significantly improve staff allocation. Article Increased For-Profit Funding for Outpatient Expansion Should Put Hospitals on Alert Recent news about investments in outpatient care among non-traditional competitors should put hospitals and health systems on notice: The nature of healthcare today is generating aggressive competition for patients and physicians. The stakes are high. Remaining competitive will require a planning process that is as nimble and assertive as that of new competitors. Article Pagination First page First Previous page ‹ … Page 41 Current page 42 Page 43 … Next page › Last page Last
M&A Industry Flash Report: Laboratory Services October 2017 Hospital-based and independent labs are increasingly challenged by depressed volume, declining payment rates, and disruptive innovation. These challenges and others are leading many laboratory and diagnostic services providers to explore mergers, acquisitions, and other affiliations as vehicles to gain greater scale and improve their competitive positions. Research Report
CEO Q&A: OhioHealth's David Blom on Innovation “Finding those points where there’s common ground is where you can really make some progress.” Kaufman Hall: What is your system’s most innovative program today? David Blom: Our... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Lurie Children’s Hospital Is Growing Its Network, Further Improving Care and Its Leading National Position Lurie Children’s leadership recognizes the need for continued organizational transformation amid a changing healthcare landscape. As a long-standing partner and strategic advisor to the organization, Kaufman Hall recently was engaged by Lurie Children’s to help the organization assess the impact of industry change on its marketplace, and shape a vision and related strategies for how the hospital should evolve in the years ahead. Article
Payers to Hospitals: Enough Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, the second largest commercial health insurer in the country, is sending a strong message to hospitals about their prices. That message is: “enough.” Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Fall 2017 Kaufman Hall Report Reconfiguring the Portfolio: Tough Decisions Ahead Read the lead article to learn how healthcare leaders across the country are approaching cost transformation, the important role of reconfiguring the portfolio of businesses and service lines in reducing overall costs, and three steps on how to get started on portfolio reconfiguration and rationalization at your organization. Article
Defining an Endgame for Consolidation: Lessons from Banking The pace of healthcare consolidation has been accelerating significantly. Between 2006 and 2016, the number of announced hospital and health system transactions increased 55 percent. As I discuss these trends with healthcare executives across the country, the question I hear most often is: What is the endgame? Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
What’s Your Lab Strategy? The Economics Are Changing Dramatically Until recently, many hospital and health system executives have counted on relatively stable margins from laboratory departments. The economics of lab testing is changing dramatically due to market forces, including reduced Medicare payments, competition from national labs, higher cost sharing for patients, growth in bundled payments, and more. Article
Consumer Focus, Innovation, and Growth: Three Pieces of the Same Puzzle Q&A with Bruce Lawrence, President and CEO, INTEGRIS Read this Q&A to hear how INTEGRIS positions itself for changes to healthcare's business model, if they are able to link consumer focus with strategy for growth, and how it approached innovation at the system level. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
4 Best Practices for Effective Post-Allocation Management Post-allocation management ensures continued alignment of financial performance with strategic planning cash-flow requirements. Article
A Balanced Approach to Innovation Q&A with Eugene Woods, President and CEO, Carolinas HealthCare System Read this Q&A to hear how Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS) approaches and organizes innovation initiatives, as well as how their President and CEO would advise others to go about embracing innovation and creative thinking. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Using Science to Improve the Art of Staffing This paper describes the complexity of the staffing system, and suggests how the infusion of contemporary science with the art of current staffing could significantly improve staff allocation. Article
Increased For-Profit Funding for Outpatient Expansion Should Put Hospitals on Alert Recent news about investments in outpatient care among non-traditional competitors should put hospitals and health systems on notice: The nature of healthcare today is generating aggressive competition for patients and physicians. The stakes are high. Remaining competitive will require a planning process that is as nimble and assertive as that of new competitors. Article