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Brace for Healthcare Management Shakeups
This isn't a story about the latest CEO to face a no-confidence vote from his physicians. In today's healthcare world, that kind of revolt seems quaint. It's about how you're going to be able to thrive in a lower reimbursement environment that requires you to find and implement big efficiencies.
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Dartmouth Researcher Challenges AMA Data
Data quality is becoming more important than ever in determining such critical healthcare issues as the need for primary care physicians. But a Dartmouth researcher who co-authored a recent study on primary care staffing says American Medical Association data on physicians is "not accurate."
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ACO Incentives for Rural Participants Unconvincing
Recent clarification from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services about how rural providers may participate in accountable care organizations has done little to change some hospital leaders' minds about them. Even with all the exceptions detailed by CMS, which include allowing ACOs with fewer than 10,000 assigned beneficiaries to be exempt from the 2% savings threshold. [Read More]
Final chance: Alternative ACO Strategies Webcast
Go beyond the ACO regs furor to uncover commercial and Medicare alternatives for your ACO strategy. Join HealthLeaders Media for this 90-minute webcast, including Q&A, for a deep dive with leading experts savvy on the legal and business operation of ACOs in commercial markets and CMS programs other than Medicare Shared Savings. [Read More]
Rounds: Coordinating Systems of Care
Whether your hospital system is pursuing an accountable care organization or a broader program of clinical integration, the real work of creating high-value, cost-effective healthcare is in transforming the systems of care. But the solutions may not be as big and unmanageable as you think. Join us live or via live webcast from Gundersen Lutheran Health System with Gundersen?s clinical and executive leadership team and invited guest Fairview Health Services, two of the nation?s health system pioneers in high-quality, lower-cost healthcare. [Read More]
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Finance Forum
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Healthcare Equipment Acquisition in an Improving Economy
Equipment financing, particularly of information technology such as electronic medical records, is a key acquisition strategy. An expert explains how healthcare organizations can strategically leverage their equipment financing.
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Finance Headlines
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States slow to adopt healthcare transition
The Washington Post, June 6, 2011
Hospitals Add 4,100 Jobs in May
HealthLeaders Media, June 6, 2011
CMS Opens Medicare Transparency Proposal for Comment
HealthLeaders Media, June 6, 2011
ACO initiative draws fire
The Wall Street Journal, June 3, 2011
Despite incentives, cost is a barrier to small provider EHR use
Government Health IT, May 26, 2011
Growing Market Share Through ASC Joint Ventures
HealthLeaders Media, June 3, 2011
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Webcasts/Rounds
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Alternative ACO Strategies
June 7, 2011
Rounds: Coordinating Systems of Care
June 9, 2011
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The New ED: Keep Patients Out (but Happy)
While not exactly a checkpoint to bar patients from the hospital, the doors of the ED will become increasingly important as an exit.
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Deep Insight:
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The Challenge of the ICU
Health systems are in the midst of an ICU makeover
as healthcare leaders rethink
how they are providing care
in the costliest area of the hospital,
to improve outcomes and attain ROI.
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Money Talk
Who's Up and Who's Down?
Sheridan Healthcare, Sunrise, FL
Rating: B
Outlook: Positive
Affected Debt: $160 million
Agency: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services
Remarks: Physician outsourcing provider Sheridan Healthcare Inc. will be using funds from a proposed $160 million incremental term loan B to fund acquisitions. S&P affirmed a B corporate credit and existing issue-level ratings. The outlook was revised to positive from stable, reflecting the company's more disciplined financial policy.
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Audio Feature
How Prepared is Your ED for Flu Season?
Authors of the book, The Hospital Executive's Guide to Emergency Department Management, Kirk Jensen, MD, MBA and Daniel Kirkpatrick from BestPractices, an emergency medicine leadership and staffing practice in Fairfax, Va., offer advice on how hospitals can ensure they are equipped to handle seasonal fluctuations in ED patient arrivals. [Listen Now]
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