From Professional Evaluation to Clinical Excellence
Leading hospitals are stretching farther and using actionable data on physician performance to accelerate overall performance improvement.
Purchased Services Contracting for Employed Physician Practices Cuts Cost, Improves Service
Piedmont Healthcare saved almost $90,000 for its employed physician practices by securing a purchased services contract for after-hours answering services.
Achieving Care Integration Boosts Hospital’s Quality Metrics
Parrish Medical Center gained integrated certification by implementing a series of process improvements, starting with gaining physician buy-in and installing interdisciplinary teams.
Developing Talent in the Revenue Cycle
A health system created a training program for revenue cycle leaders, resulting in improved performance.
6 Steps for Effective Use of Peer Comparisons and Analytics
Peer comparisons help hospitals recognize that performance improvement opportunities exist and give them evidence that their peers are executing on those opportunities. With that information, leadership teams are motivated to pursue targeted corrective actions.
The Blurring Boundaries of Elder Care: Implications for Providers and Patients
Healthcare providers are planning to invest in home health, palliative and end-of-life care, and geriatric caretakers in the coming years.
Using Lean Six Sigma to Improve Healthcare Business Processes
One health system improved its billing accuracy rate from 72 percent to 90 percent by using Lean concepts, Kaizen, and Gemba walks.
The Healthcare Finance Fellowship: Benefits for the Organization and the Young Professional
Three professionals with experience in the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization’s Finance Fellowship program explain how the program works and why it is so important.
Tipping the Scale: A Methodological Approach to Revenue Analysis
When acquiring a medical group, health systems should eschew blunt profit and loss statements in favor of more precise approaches, using market metrics to assess each site or specialty.
Steps to Effective Succession Management
Leaders of healthcare organizations can use a 90-day plan to implement the initial stages of a succession management plan.