Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page › Last page Last Optimizing 340B Participation Compliantly While “Waiting and Watching” New Developments Hospitals and health systems that participate in the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program are currently facing challenges on multiple fronts, including manufacturer restrictions and program audits, legal challenges, and constantly-evolving federal and state requirements for participation. Article What to Expect When a Consultant Call-in Report Is Required In the event of a covenant breach, management typically must hire an independent consultant to identify areas for financial and operational improvement. Find out what a consultant call-in does and does not entail, as well as considerations for timing and implementation. Article How the Balance Sheet Can Contribute to Performance Improvement There has always been a connection between performance improvement initiatives and the balance sheet. By reducing operating costs, boosting productivity, and enhancing revenues, a... Article Improving Performance Across the Real Estate Portfolio As health systems continue to face intense operational and financial pressures, performance improvement initiatives must reach all aspects of the organization. Often overlooked in... Article Addressing Housing Affordability for the Healthcare Workforce Housing affordability—a problem that used to affect primarily the healthcare workforce in large urban centers and high-priced enclaves—is becoming an issue in a growing number of... Article Operating a Provider Enterprise: Leveraging the Promise of Advanced Practice Providers While physicians have historically constituted the vast majority of a health system’s providers, in recent years advanced practice providers (APPs) have grown in number and importance... 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 An Empathic Approach to Post-Merger Integration Empathy can play a powerful role in building a common culture within a newly combined organization. Article 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 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 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 Balancing The Physician Enterprise Triangle: Achieving Equilibrium Amid Rapid Change The human body is equipped with a heart, blood, and blood vessels that work together to provide adequate tissue perfusion. This concept, known as the “perfusion triangle,” is essential... Article Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page › Last page Last
Optimizing 340B Participation Compliantly While “Waiting and Watching” New Developments Hospitals and health systems that participate in the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program are currently facing challenges on multiple fronts, including manufacturer restrictions and program audits, legal challenges, and constantly-evolving federal and state requirements for participation. Article
What to Expect When a Consultant Call-in Report Is Required In the event of a covenant breach, management typically must hire an independent consultant to identify areas for financial and operational improvement. Find out what a consultant call-in does and does not entail, as well as considerations for timing and implementation. Article
How the Balance Sheet Can Contribute to Performance Improvement There has always been a connection between performance improvement initiatives and the balance sheet. By reducing operating costs, boosting productivity, and enhancing revenues, a... Article
Improving Performance Across the Real Estate Portfolio As health systems continue to face intense operational and financial pressures, performance improvement initiatives must reach all aspects of the organization. Often overlooked in... Article
Addressing Housing Affordability for the Healthcare Workforce Housing affordability—a problem that used to affect primarily the healthcare workforce in large urban centers and high-priced enclaves—is becoming an issue in a growing number of... Article
Operating a Provider Enterprise: Leveraging the Promise of Advanced Practice Providers While physicians have historically constituted the vast majority of a health system’s providers, in recent years advanced practice providers (APPs) have grown in number and importance... 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
An Empathic Approach to Post-Merger Integration Empathy can play a powerful role in building a common culture within a newly combined organization. Article
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
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
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
Balancing The Physician Enterprise Triangle: Achieving Equilibrium Amid Rapid Change The human body is equipped with a heart, blood, and blood vessels that work together to provide adequate tissue perfusion. This concept, known as the “perfusion triangle,” is essential... Article