Should Your Health System Sponsor a Health Plan?
Hospitals and health systems considering sponsoring a health plan must first decide whether they can balance cost and quality before looking at tradeoffs between revenues and the attractiveness of premiums.
Summary of CMMI Accountable Health Communities Model
This document provides information on the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation's (CMMI's) three-track Accountable Health Communities Model designed to test whether or not integrating social supports into the delivery system will have a positive impact on health outcomes and expenditures.
New-Era Planning Analytics: Assessing Population Health Management Market Opportunity
Planning analytics allow organizations to determine the optimal timing for moving to population health management and value-based arrangements.
Geisinger’s Money Back Guarantee Targets Patient Experience
By offering a money-back guarantee for service, Geisinger Health System hopes to learn how to achieve 100 percent patient satisfaction.
Ask the Expert: Business Metrics
What metrics should hospitals use for business planning?
Ask the Experts: Preparing for the Annual Bond-Rating Review
Our bonds are rated by two of the three major rating agencies, and our annual reviews are coming up. What can we do to prepare, and should we do anything different this year?
Building a Sustainable Telehealth Program
To ensure their telehealth program is financially sustainable, healthcare organizations must establish appropriate objectives, be strategic about technology, understand the financial risk, and use suitable performance metrics.
How Accurate Mortality Risk Measurement Improves Quality and Value
Keeping risk-adjusted mortality rates low is an essential step when pursuing risk-based payment arrangements, says Brett Senor, MD.
Ask the Expert: Benchmarks for CAH Lab FTEs
Are there benchmarks for critical access hospitals with respect to the number of FTEs in the Laboratory department based on volume of tests processed?
HFMA P&P Board Summary of Not for Profit Reporting Model Changes
HFMA’s Principles & Practices (P&P) Board developed this downloadable resource titled “Not for Profit (NFP) Reporting Model Changes Summary.”