Understanding the Importance of Joint Venture Governing Documents on Fair Market Value
Karin Chernoff Kaplan discusses key questions for healthcare organizations considering partnerships.
Advanced Practice Providers Optimize Efficiency and Improve Financial Performance
Phoenix Children’s Hospital optimizes its advanced practice provider staff to ensure clinicians are working at the top of licenses, improving productivity and cost efficiency.
Advanced Practice Provider Strategy Improves Results
When advanced practice provider growth exceeds plans, it can lead to the costly challenges.
Engaging Physicians in Value-Based Compensation Models
The University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center model layers a 50/50 share of any incentive payments on top of a work RVU-based component to account for revenue that is still generated by the number of patients that providers see.
Ask the Experts: Financing Construction Projects
For big construction projects—around $50 million—should we consider a fixed rate bond issue? Or is a bank loan a better option?
Drug Prices an Increasing Challenge for Hospitals: Survey
Jan. 15—Most hospitals have had to juggle their budgets in recent years to accommodate increasingly expensive drugs, according to a new survey.
Hospital M&A Deals Slow in 2018
Jan. 11—Hospital transactions declined in 2018, amid a shift in the most active types of organizations.
Jan. 14-18: Focus Falls on Medicare Finances
Jan. 10—As Congress’s primary Medicare advisory panel meets next week to recommend 2020 payment rates, new research has identified a leading cost challenge in the program.
Strategies for Crafting Stop-Loss Contracts
Chris Williams explains how to craft stop-loss contracts for employee health plans.
9 Tips from HFMA’s Consumer Guide
Healthcare providers can use a recently released consumer guide to help patients avoid surprise bills.