Strategic Financial Planning: Summer 2017

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Charge Strategies

What’s in Your Pricing Policy?

By Scott Houk

A recent survey reports that the majority of hospitals have formal or consistent methods for setting prices, but transparency is often missing.

Capital Planning

Refunding Bonds to Optimize Savings

By Pierre Bogacz

By refunding longer bond maturities with shorter, cheaper maturities, low rates can translate into sizeable debt service savings.

Big Data

Henry Ford Health System Builds a Population Health Management Platform

By Laura Ramos Hegwer

The health system’s plan for value-based care involves centralizing core population health management functions and integrating data from multiple sources.

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Risk Radar

Medical Records are Prime Hunting Grounds for Hackers

By Chris Byers

Medical records contain data that hackers crave, so be sure to protect your systems from attack by evaluating EHR and mobile app security, among other steps.

Strategic Forecasting

2 Ways to Achieve the Benefits of Rolling Forecasting

By Jeff Goldstein

From our sponsor Kaufman, Hall & Associates

Rolling forecasting can be an effective approach for financial modeling and is flexible enough to meet varied organizational structures. It can help to increase accountability and encourage efficiency and other process improvements.

Ethics

Facts in Healthcare Finance: Is Spinning the Numbers Unethical?

By William Marty Martin

A hospital CFO’s ability to separate facts from opinions and perspectives sets the stage for organizational integrity.

Physician Strategies

Health Systems Brace for MACRA

By Rich Daly

Hospitals and health systems are working to help their physicians succeed under MACRA, which means moving quickly to advanced APMs.

First Person

Primary Care Provider Taps Grants To Fight Childhood Obesity

An Interview with Jessica Solares of AltaMed Health Services Corporation by Ed Avis

Through partnerships with local restaurants, community partners, schools and grocery stores, AltaMed Health Services estimates it has reached nearly 200,000 community members with healthier food options that stem diabetes and childhood obesity rates.

Growth Strategies

An EHR Implementation Road Map Enhances ROI

By Ralph Fargnoli

A roadmap can help hospitals and health systems determine the best use of EHRs toward broader clinical and financial objectives.

Finance at a Glance

Hospital CEOs Name Top Financial Challenges

Hospital CEOs top three financial concerns were Medicaid payment, staff and supply costs, and operating costs.