As hospitals and health systems strive to succeed in a rapidly changing industry, it’s crucial that they get physicians involved in not only efforts to improve quality of care but also cost reduction, according to Rob Schreiner, MD, managing director at Huron Healthcare, a healthcare management consulting firm. Here are three things to know about […]
Read MoreThe ICD-10 compliance date is finally less than a year away, but healthcare organizations vary in readiness for the transition. Some experts in the healthcare industry think the delays were unnecessary and more harmful that sticking to the original date. Sue Bowman, senior director of coding policy and compliance at the American Health Information Management […]
Read MoreIn the past doctors went to jail and hospitals got fined and their executives maybe fired so it is about time. A push by the U.S. Department of Justice to hold executives accountable for corporate misdeeds could mean an increased focus on prosecuting healthcare executives, the law firm Arent Fox warns. “Although it remains to […]
Read MoreI know this is not specific for our specialty but I wanted to share it with our readers. In the face of continuously changing healthcare reform laws, the increasing need for healthcare as baby boomers reach retirement age, nationwide physician shortages and other factors, the overall demand for physicians is on the rise — but […]
Read MoreIf cost improvement is important, and it is, we need more than just a cost committee to get results The rapidly changing healthcare delivery system and dwindling margins can make the future can look bleak—especially to organizations with eight or nine figure cost reduction targets, which unfortunately, have become the norm. The future looks even […]
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