Maintaining the equilibrium of the physician enterprise amid rapid change is a matter of balance
To ensure the proper functioning of the physician enterprise, hospitals and health systems must establish a balance among three dimensions: The clinicians’ productivity, the capacity to provide patients with access to care when they need it, and he volume of existing and potential patients in the market.
Why the physician’s office, not the ED, is a health system’s true front door
As revenue from inpatient care continues to decline as a percentage of total revenue, health system leaders should acknowledge the pivotal role physicians play in bringing patients into their systems.
Healthcare CFOs should ensure their organizations’ contracts are well administered to avoid financial risk exposure
Administering contracts is a core activity for healthcare organizations, given that contracts collectively reflect the organization’s business obligations, including all assets, relationships and terms it is required to manage. It therefore is an important concern for the senior finance leader.
The understated value and potential of the clinical laboratory
Healthcare finance leaders need to rethink the value of the clinical laboratory in terms of revenue potential.
Canon Medical Systems: Trusted healthcare adviser status sets company apart
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Weeding out waste: Policy workshop examines how the healthcare industry can finance a better model
By reducing wasteful spending, the U.S. healthcare industry would have an easier time funding some of the changes needed to support whole-person health, industry experts said at a conference on how to optimize healthcare financing.
New milestones in healthcare’s evolution signal the need for a new look at integrated delivery systems
Given the waves of change that have swept over healthcare in recent years, it’s time to step back and think again about integration – and how to optimize care and maximize its impact.
Payer-provider economics: Preparing for the new frontier in healthcare
Payers and providers are increasingly creating strategic partnerships, with the intent of keeping pace in a rapidly transforming healthcare payment system that rewards value over volume.
Why bigger isn’t better when it comes to the cost effectiveness of health
HFMA President and CEO Joe Fifer reflects on the need to assess cost effectiveness of health through the eyes of care purchasers.
From chaos to unity: 6 steps for building a compensation plan for employed physicians
When acquiring physician practices, health systems often develop employment arrangements on a case-by-case basis, leading to challenges due to the inconsistencies of multiple arrangements. A large physician practice’s effort to standardize its approach to compensating its employed physicians offer a case example of how to effectively address this problem.