Written by Molly Gamble | September 10, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review A nine-box is a simplistic tool that can help hospital managers and executives organize employees’ performance and potential and also gain ground in their succession planning. The nine-box functions as a graph of sorts, based on its X and Y axes, and helps determine… Read more »

Written by Bob Herman | September 12, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review Hospitals and health systems are facing new collaboration models as they aim to convert into more patient-centric organizations, according to a report from Ernst & Young. Financial pressures, quality of care measures and new delivery models are spurring the change in healthcare, and Ernst… Read more »

Written by Heather Linder | September 17, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review An investigation by the Center for Public Integrity found medical billing abuse and upcoding may be on the rise since medical professionals have billed an additional $11 billion over the last decade, according to The Washington Post. The investigation looked at 362 million claims… Read more »

September 17, 2012 | By Karen Cheung-Larivee, Fierce Healthcare   It’s a natural fit for nurses. The national experiment to change the way America delivers care into coordinated model will be led by nurses, Nurse.com reported. Accountable care organization (ACO) initiatives offer new roles for nurses in outpatient settings to manage population health and coordinate… Read more »

Written by Molly Gamble | August 29, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review The Republican Party adopted its official platform yesterday at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., promising to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and replace it with more consumer-oriented policies. Here are six main points of the GOP’s official platform related… Read more »

Written by Kathleen Roney | August 30, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review As part of its health information privacy and security compliance program, the Office of Civil Rights began piloting the HIPAA Privacy & Security Audit Program in November to ensure covered entities and business associates are compliant with HIPAA privacy and security rules and breach… Read more »

Written by Sabrina Rodak | August 29, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review Here are six stories about hospitals using Lean process improvement as a strategy for success. 1. Hospitals are recruiting Lean leaders from the manufacturing industry to guide Lean initiatives. Hospitals need to ensure, however, that these Lean leaders can transition smoothly between the two… Read more »

August 28, 2012 10:52 am by Arundhati Parmar, MedCity News A new survey of healthcare providers, plans and pharmaceutical companies reveals that these institutions have internally contradictory approaches in managing the changes wrought by healthcare reform, especially as it relates to the shift from fee-for-service to a more value-based system. For instance, when healthcare providers… Read more »

Written by Bob Herman | August 22, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review A popular quote from the teachings of Buddhism says that, “An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.” Ideas are great to have, especially in today’s evolving healthcare environment, but they… Read more »

Written by Kathleen Roney | August 24, 2012 , Becker’s Hospital Review CMS has released the final rule (pdf) for the second stage of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program. The stage 2 rule includes the criteria eligible professionals, eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals must meet in order to qualify for incentive… Read more »