Jill Geisler: What kind of micromanager are you?
Don’t take offense at this column’s headline. Yes, it assumes you are a micromanager. But even though micromanaging has a negative reputation, it isn’t always a sign of poor leadership. Sometimes it’s exactly what you should do. Before we dig into the when, why and how of micromanagement, let me share my description: Micromanagers are supervisors who exercise a high degree of scrutiny…
Nathan Kaufman: Hospital-based anesthesia and radiology operate in a broken financial model
The good ol’ days of hospital-based physicians providing services at no cost in exchange for exclusivity are over, creating significant disruptions. Health systems are facing a growing shortage of anesthesiologists and radiologists, a shortfall that is driven by a broken business model for those types of services. Underpayment for anesthesia and radiology care by Medicare and Medicaid combined with a lack of experience in related revenue cycle management and high…
Susan Dentzer: Extending the ACA’s enhance premium tax credits — It’s the right thing to do
Winston Churchill is often credited with the assertion that Americans always do the right thing after exhausting all the other alternatives. Whether or not he actually said it, current U.S. healthcare policy underscores the underlying truth. The latest evidence is Congress’s inability to broker an extension of the enhanced premium tax credits (EPTCs) established under the ACA,…