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Uncategorized Published - 29 August, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Best practices don’t matter. Here’s what does.

High-reliability organizations don’t implement best practices. They continually make new best practices. Healthcare is an industry obsessed with best practices. And for good reason. Our costs our growing almost uncontrollably, and quality is highly variable from hospital to hospital, department to department and physician to physician. It makes sense, then, that organizations seeking to improve […]

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Uncategorized Published - 28 August, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
10 states with sharpest drop in uninsured rate in 2014

A new Gallup poll has revealed the 10 states with the largest declines in uninsured rates since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act took effect at the beginning of the year all expanded Medicaid. To calculate the change in the uninsured rate in each state, Gallup compared the states’ uninsured rates in 2013 to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 28 August, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
10 States With the Highest Hospital CEO Turnover Rates

This is important for our readers who practice in a hospital is because every time there is a new CEO there is a possibility of your practice getting outsourced. According to the American College of Healthcare Executives, the average hospital CEO turnover rate increased in 2013 to 20 percent. This percentage is the highest turnover […]

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Uncategorized Published - 28 August, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
The History of Healthcare Spending Growth: 3 Key Takeaways

The Congressional Budget Office has released its 2014 long-term budget outlook, which projects federal debt held by the public will rise during the next 25 years to the highest percentage in the country’s history since just after World War II. The report also includes information and estimates concerning healthcare spending, along with information on the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 28 August, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Moody’s: Nonprofit hospital revenues, cash flow hit record low in 2013

I wanted to share this because many of our readers work in a nonprofit hospital so I wanted them to know this information. Nonprofit hospital cash flow margins and revenue growth reached record lows in fiscal year 2013, according to a report from Moody’s Investors Service. Financial medians for 2013 show nonprofit hospital operating revenue […]

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