Hospital Building Leases Involve Special Requirements
Keep five facilities-related issues in mind when negotiating new building leases.
Creative Partnership Maintains Community Hospital
Through the vision of local officials and hospital leaders, St. Francis Hospital continues to serve Topeka residents.
Communication is Key to Achieving and Maintaining Strong Bond Ratings
Six key tactics allow hospitals to maintain stronger ratings by communicating and building goodwill with rating analysts.
Competing with Freestanding Outpatient Centers—Where to Focus on Pricing
Price reductions should be included in pricing strategies to help hospitals better compete with these free-standing centers.
Revenue Cycle Management for the Millennial Generation
Richard O’Rourke suggests healthcare organizations that cater to preferences of millennials may find themselves in a better financial position as that generation becomes responsible for a greater share of healthcare decisions.
UAB Medicine’s Check-in Kiosks Please Patients and Improve Processes
Impressed with the patient-friendly benefits of check-in kiosks at its orthopedic clinic, UAB Medicine has expanded installation to most of its outpatient clinics. The kiosks speed registration, improve data collection, and increase patient payments.
Enterprisewide Revenue Cycle Management Reduces Costs, Improves Patient Loyalty
Moving toward a holistic approach to revenue cycle management addresses increasing consumer demand for streamlined appointment scheduling, patient information sharing, and bill payment.
Ensuring a High-Performing Referral Network
To be able to ensure patients receive high-quality care under value-base payment arrangements, primary care physicians require well-developed specialty networks for patient referrals.
To Succeed at Managing Population Health, Adopt a Health Plan Mindset
To be successful with population health management, healthcare provider organizations should take a lesson from the strategies health plans use to improve the quality of population-level outcomes and performance around costs.
Own, Partner, or Contract?
There are seven important options hospitals and health systems should consider when contemplating ownership of a post-acute network versus a partnership or contractual arrangement.