How DCH Health System Tackled Clinical Variation to Reduce Costs
By engaging clinicians in efforts to reduce clinical variation, one regional health system has transformed the way finance leaders and physicians work together.
Productivity Growth Remains a Key Success Factor in the New Healthcare Economy
There is little question that 2017 will be another year of unprecedented change for health care, potentially signaling another positive step toward better aligning systems to achieve the Triple Aim.
TeleNICU Offers High-Value Care to Tiniest Patients
Mitch Hall of Children’s Health in North Texas describes a TeleNICU program that helps the tiniest pediatric patients, delivering high-quality care at an affordable rate.
Improving Health and Financial Outcomes With Evidence-Based Clinical Decision Support
Joe Guerriero explores provider use of evidence-based clinical decision support tools.
NYU Langone Medical Center Achieves Cost Reductions Through Rehab Fine-Tuning
Early mobilization and other strategies cut length of stay, acute rehab utilization, and post-acute costs. The medical center’s ICU project alone yields $1.5 million in savings.
Forum Webinar: How to Identify and Eliminate the Hidden Costs of Poor Quality
During this Sept. 8, 2016, HFMA Forum webinar, a health system CEO and chair of surgery discussed how finance and clinical leaders can work together to identify and eliminate quality-related costs.
Making ACO Participation Pay Off
Delaware Valley ACO’s emphasis on improving care while lowering costs has proven effective, demonstrated by an increase in members from 5,000 to 200,000 in three years.
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.
A Perfectly Legal Way to Help Patients Pick Higher-Quality Post-Acute Providers
For fear of legal ramifications, hospital case managers and discharge planners are not sharing quality information about post-acute providers with patients.