Healthcare Strategy in the Year of Uncertainty
Economics continues to overshadow politics as a driver of healthcare strategy for providers, with market forces looming large even amid legislative uncertainty.
Ask the Experts: Medical Equipment Leasing
What are the current leasing trends for medical equipment?
Understanding the Current State of MACRA
Hospitals and their employed physicians should take certain actions now to avoid penalties and ensure proper payment under MACRA, as well look at future education and staffing needs.
Finding Success with Provider-Sponsored Health Plans During Uncertain Times
Community Health Choice, a provider-sponsored health plan started by Harris Health System, has grown its marketplace membership from 300 enrollees to 150,000 over four enrollment periods. Despite uncertainty about the future of federal healthcare laws and the marketplaces, the health plan says that it may still experience growth in 2018.
Strategic Financial Planning: Summer 2017
Subscribers can access the Summer 2017 issue of Strategic Financial Planning.
Hospital CEOs Name Top Financial Challenges
Hospital CEOs top three financial concerns were Medicaid payment, staff and supply costs, and operating costs.
Refunding Bonds to Optimize Savings
By refunding longer bond maturities with shorter, cheaper maturities, low rates can translate into sizable debt service savings.
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.
Henry Ford Health System Builds a Population Health Management Platform
The health system’s plan for value-based care involves centralizing core population health management functions and integrating data from multiple sources.
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.