Video: Consciously Lowering the Cost of Care
Gordon T. Edwards, CFO for Marshfield Clinic Health System, discusses the high cost of hospital care and how Marshfield treats patients outside the hospital care setting at a lower cost.
Gauging the Financial Impact of MIPS
The financial impacts of MIPS scores can amount to millions of dollars per organization and will significantly grow over the next several years.
Assessing the Value of Care
A healthcare finance leader, clinical leader, and health plan executive discuss best practices for assessing the value of healthcare drugs and services.
Ask the Experts: Medical Equipment Leasing
What are the current leasing trends for medical equipment?
Facts in Healthcare Finance: Is Spinning the Numbers Unethical?
A hospital CFO’s ability to separate facts from opinions and perspectives sets the stage for organizational integrity.
2 Ways to Achieve the Benefits of Rolling Forecasting
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.
What’s in Your Pricing Policy?
A recent survey reports that the majority of hospitals have formal or consistent methods for setting prices, but transparency is often missing.
Using Data Analytics to Transform Healthcare Management and Reduce Clinical Variation
Hospitals and health systems have entered a new era in which data analytics will play an increasingly vital role in identifying opportunities for improved performance.
Healthcare Cost Containment: December 2016
Subscribers can access the December 2016 issue of Healthcare Cost Containment.
Employee Wages and Rising Drug Equipment Prices Present Cost Challenges
Wages and benefits account for almost 60 percent of inpatient hospital costs, reflecting the importance of people in the care process.