Marshfield Clinic Finds Success with Home Recovery Care
Marshfield Clinic’s home-hospitalization program is replicating the results that other hospital-at-home initiatives have shown: high patient satisfaction, good clinical outcomes, and significantly lower costs of care.
Just How Different Is the Healthcare Market?
Healthcare stakeholders should start treating consumers in the same manner as other industries that operate more like free markets, writes Joseph J. Fifer, president and CEO, HFMA.
Collaborating With Your CEO
CEOs want CFOs who can think strategically, not just operationally. Today's CFOs should have an eye toward advancing clinical quality, patient satisfaction, employee engagement, and financial stability goals.
Health Systems Share ‘Pearls of Innovation’
A recent investor conference featured presentations by 27 tax-exempt health systems. Common threads include quality and safety and consumer focus.
Health Systems Present at Investor Conference
Investors, bankers, and rating agencies learned about the priorities of 27 health systems during a recent healthcare investor conference.
Ask the Experts: Defined Contribution Plan Policies
I am looking for a sample policy on current defined contribution plans based on ERISA and Department of Labor requirements.
A Push to Streamline Value-Based Payment
Value-based payment is ripe to repeat past fee-for-service problems—widespread slowdowns as each entity took different approaches to data collection and sharing and, as a result, hampering interactions. CAQH CORE is getting in front of these challenges now.
How to Get Involved in CAQH CORE’s Work
CAQH CORE currently is forming groups to work on healthcare data standardization. Healthcare finance professionals are a core constituent and CAQH welcomes their participation.
Why Fee-For-Service Remains Prominent
Fee-for-service is still the dominant payment method because of certain economic factors and a traditional industrial mindset that values volume.
5 Keys to Successful Performance Improvement
Bold moves, leadership, and constituent engagement are key to performance improvement initiatives.