Paul Spiegelman, Inc Magazine You might not feel it day-to-day, but business management is in a major transition. The old days of command-and-control leadership are fading in favor of what might be better termed a trust-and-track method, in which people are not just told what to do, but why they are doing it. More formally,… Read more »
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Four parts of a successful strategy to reduce hospital readmissions
November 12, 2012 7:23 am by Christy Rakoczy, Med City News Readmission is a major problem in U.S. hospitals, so much so that Hospital Impact reports that one out of every five Medicare patients is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of being discharged. Hospital Impact reports that these readmissions come at a… Read more »
Hospitals See More Jobs, But Mass Layoffs To Come
Healthcare on track to see 124 mass layoffs, affecting about 8,700 people by the end of the year November 5, 2012 | By Alicia Caramenico, Fierce Healthcare Healthcare remains a bright spot in an otherwise bleak employment outlook, adding 31,000 jobs in October, according to data released Friday from the U.S. Bureau of… Read more »
What 5 Hospital CEOs Expect After Today’s Election
Written by Molly Gamble | November 05, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review Becker’s Hospital Review hosted its Hospital Strategy Roundtable on Nov. 1 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Chicago, bringing together 11 hospital industry leaders from across the country to discuss current challenges and opportunities facing the industry, as well as how today’s presidential election may… Read more »
5 Points Hospital CFOs Need to Know About the Bundled Payment Business Model
Written by Bob Herman | November 05, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review Before hospitals and health systems can dive into a bundled payment demonstration or pilot program, CFOs and other executive leadership must understand the impact bundled payments can have on their organizations as well as patients. The American Hospital Association and the Association of American… Read more »
Healthcare Reform Doesn’t Kill Jobs
Chelsea Rice, for HealthLeaders Media, October 29, 2012 Healthcare and the economy are two of the major issues in this year’s presidential election. Voters across the country are wondering what impact the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will have on the recovering economy, particularly employment. According to a report from The Urban Institute… Read more »
Betting on Value-Based Care
This article appears in the October 2012 issue of HealthLeaders magazine. Where are you placing your bets in the new reimbursement game? As the shift to value-based purchasing of healthcare services nears, in fits and starts and at different speeds in different areas, leaders of hospitals, health systems, and physician practices know they need to… Read more »
6 Scariest Issues in Healthcare Right Now
Written by Molly Gamble | October 30, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review With Halloween coming up, we at Becker’s Hospital Review thought it seemed as good a time as any to recap some of the most frightening and concerning issues in healthcare. Here are six of the scariest issues in healthcare right now. These events and… Read more »
Could Romney Really Repeal Healthcare Reform on Day One?
A centerpiece of Mitt Romney’s platform is his vow to repeal President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on his first day in office, if elected. Mr. Romney has remained steadfast with this promise throughout his campaign, but is it possible to pull the plug that promptly on a federal law that is more… Read more »
Report: Top Academic Medical Centers Have High Variation in Care Practices
Written by Sabrina Rodak | October 30, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review Top academic medical centers vary widely in their intensity of care, procedure rates, patient experience and patient safety, according to a report from the Dartmouth Atlas Project (pdf). The report, “What Kind of Physician Will You Be? Variation in Health Care and Its Importance… Read more »