Written by Molly Gamble, October 01, 2013, Becker’s Hospital Review You don’t know what you don’t know — that’s how the old saying goes. Fortunately, for hospitals and health systems that have yet to launch or are in the process of launching an accountable care organization, two leaders from Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare shared several lessons… Read more »

By ROBERT PEAR, New York Times WASHINGTON — Federal officials often say that health insurance will cost consumers less than expected under President Obama’s health care law. But they rarely mention one big reason: many insurers are significantly limiting the choices of doctors and hospitals available to consumers.   From California to Illinois to New… Read more »

by Jonathan H. Burroughs The Institute of Medicine, in its landmark report “Better Care at Lower Cost,” concludes at least $750 billion of the total national healthcare budget of $2.7 trillion represents waste as a result of poor IT infrastructure, supplier- rather than patient-centered reimbursement, lack of quality and transparency, and inefficient operations and flow…. Read more »

Anne Niederkorn for The Daily Muse, Sep 11, 2013 So you’ve just wrapped up a week of interviewing candidates for an opening in your department, and on Friday afternoon you reconvene with the rest of the interview committee to swap notes. The good news is there’s a clear front-runner, and you’re all excited to make… Read more »

Written by Jeff Haden, September 16, 2013 In the best interviews, job candidates say a lot and interviewers very little – after all, the interview is about the candidate, not the interviewer. But there are a few things interviewers would like to tell job candidates well before the interview starts. 1. I want you to… Read more »

Written by Bob Herman (Twitter | Google+)  | September 06, 2013 , Becker’s Hospital Review   Employee productivity, staff retention and the quality of hires are all major issues within the hospital and healthcare workforce, and many labor trends related to those issues bubbled to the surface last year, according to the 2013/14 Human Capital… Read more »

Written by Molly Gamble (Twitter | Google+)  | September 09, 2013, Becker’s Hospital Review   Steve Jobs, founder of Apple and one of the most creative leaders of our time, once told Forbes magazine his philosophy for innovation. “It’s not about money,” he said. “It’s about the people you have, how you’re led and how… Read more »

Liv Osby, The Greenville (S.C.) News 2:38 p.m. EDT September 4, 2013 The question is whether costs will decrease, patients will benefit in long run.   GREENVILLE, S.C. — Hospitals across the country are buying more physician practices as they prepare to move away from fee-for-service reimbursements to a system that pays for treatments focusing… Read more »

By BRETT NORMAN | 9/9/13 5:10 AM EDT, POLITICO   The health insurance industry and business allies are stepping up their campaign to repeal another new Obamacare tax this fall — one that they argue will hit consumers smack in the health care part of their wallet. As Congress returns from recess, expect to hear… Read more »

Written by Bob Herman, Becker’s Hospital Review The highest-priced hospitals within a market often have charges that are 60 percent higher than the lowest-priced market competitor, and the high-priced hospitals often wield an immense amount of influence in their areas, according to a study from the Center for Studying Health System Change. Researchers looked at… Read more »