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ROi: Delivering a Complete Provider-Driven Supply-Chain and GPO Strategy
Greg Firestone, vice president, strategic customer relations for ROi, discusses a revolutionary approach to supply-chain management.
Sustaining Financial Performance When Onboarding an Integrated Health Information System
When organizations implement or re-implement health information systems (HIS) that integrate clinical and financial functions, they can experience significant financial disruptions. In this roundtable, several hospital leaders offer strategies for sustaining financial performance amid an evolving information technology environment.
Grant Thornton: Providing Robust Due Diligence to Facilitate Successful Health System Mergers and Acquisitions
Scott Davis and Stephen Thome of Grant Thornton LLP Health Care Advisory Services discuss the importance of comprehensive due diligence and offer strategies for ensuring a process that supports smooth mergers and acquisitions.
Ask the Experts: Observation Status
How does your facility manage appropriate charging for observation hours, excluding any of the procedure times that are not permitted?
Ask the Experts: Medicaid Billing
How should I bill New York Medicaid for services provided by non-hospital employee clinicians in emergency department settings?
Building Value Frameworks That Work for Patients
These practices can guide the design of value-analysis frameworks that promote value in patient care and outcomes.
Case Study North Mississippi Health System
The effective use of advanced practice clinicians (APCs) to provide primary care in a clinically integrated network (CIN) is exemplified by North Mississippi Health Services (NMHS) system, a health system based in Tupelo, Miss., that serves 24 mostly rural counties in
Called to Authentic Stewardship
Carol A. Friesen, FHFMA, 2017-18 Chair of HFMA, speaks of the need for finance leaders to be committed stewards in their organizations, intent on making a positive contribution to the transformation of the nation’s healthcare system.
declining self pay admissions could improve U S hospital revenue streams
A review of the data for the period of 2012-14 points to a continuing decline in self pay admissions under the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), with the percentage of total admissions processed as self pay dropping to
How to mix business and pleasure, Texas-style.
Robert Barbier pulled off more than a hat trick when his latest business venture was able to combine his love of family, football, new friends, and his beloved alma mater.