Written by Kathleen Roney | January 18, 2013, Becker’s Hospital Review Due to changes instigated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, such as new reimbursement structures, it is important for community hospitals to change their historical interactions with physician practices. According to Mike Williams, CEO of Community Hospital Corp., healthcare institutions are aligning economic… Read more »
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The Most Important Interview Question of All Time
By Lou Adler, January 17, 2013 Over the past 30+ years as a recruiter, I can confirm that at least two-thirds of my hiring manager clients weren’t very good at interviewing. Yet, over 90% thought they were. To overcome this situation, it was critical that I became a better interviewer than them, to prove with… Read more »
5 Solutions for Better Rapport With Hospital Frontline Staff
Written by Bob Herman | January 16, 2013, Becker’s Hospital Review Hospital leaders must ensure their frontline staff members are devoted to advancing the organization’s mission, but getting from point A to point B is not always easy, according to an infographic from The Advisory Board Company. Here are five ways hospital executives can address challenges… Read more »
Healthcare Exec Compensation Models Play Catch-up
Karen Minich-Pourshadi, for HealthLeaders Media, December 11, 2012 This article appears in the November 2012 issue of HealthLeaders magazine. With the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ushering in the pay-for-value era, healthcare organization compensation committees are scrutinizing executive compensation models to stay in step with new objectives. Though few external benchmark resources are… Read more »
How to Create Sustainable Hospital Financial Improvement: 3 Steps
Written by Bob Herman | December 07, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review Tips on how to improve financial performance in any organization are a dime a dozen. Usually, organizations will readjust their focus on cutting costs by quickly glancing at labor expenses, supply chain and real estate — and cutting anything that is nonessential. Will King,… Read more »
6 Early ACO Mistakes to Avoid
Written by Heather Punke, December 6th, Becker’s Hospital Review Creating an accountable care organization often takes months, if not years, of strategic planning before a plan is fully developed. However, even with all of that planning, some organizations still fail at various stages of the process or do not reach their full potential. Many times,… Read more »
6 Strategies for Community Hospitals to Remain Viable
Written by Molly Gamble | December 03, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review For a new research brief, the Center for Studying Health System Change tracked five community hospitals across the country and found six strategies that helped those organizations not only survive, but also grow, in the past 15 years. The organization studied 12 communities total… Read more »
10 Attributes of Successful Modern-Day Hospital and Health System CEOs
Written by Molly Gamble | December 03, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review The title of hospital CEO wasn’t all that common thirty years ago, or even in the 1980s. Instead, leaders often held titles like “administrator” or “executive director,” which reflected the relatively stable environment of a hospital industry focused on inpatient care. Ken Hanover, CEO… Read more »
How Can Retail Health Help Hospitals Meet Health Reform Goals?
Written by Sabrina Rodak | December 03, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review In 2011, there were 1,355 retail clinics in the United States; this number is expected to more than double to 2,854 by 2018, according to a report from GBI Research. In addition, the number of patients visiting retail clinics has jumped from 1.48 million… Read more »
The One Massive Trend That Will Change Healthcare Forever
Max Nisen, Business Insider, November 30, 2012 The business of healthcare is changing rapidly. New legislation, the pace of medical innovation, and an older and more obese population mean the way we do things is going to have to change. We spoke to Dr. Delos (“Toby”) Cosgrove, the CEO of the Cleveland Clinic, which… Read more »