Using Due Diligence to Optimize Post-Transaction Benefits
When exploring potential mergers or other partnership transactions, healthcare organizations should not underestimate the importance of performing effective due-diligence to gauge whether the transactions can deliver the desired value.
Improving Medical Group Performance as Markets Transition to Value
As health systems increasingly employ physicians in preparation for value-based care, it is imperative that they understand what constitutes a high-performing medical group and work with physician leaders to build such groups.
Giving a Consumer Focus to Strategic Planning in Health Care
The growing demands of consumers make it imperative for healthcare organization to focus their strategic planning efforts on meeting consumer needs and expectations.
Strategize. Execute. Succeed. Lessons for Healthcare Leaders
Healthcare leaders and create and execute effective futures for their organizations by applying three lessons.
Prepare for the Worst, Hope for the Best
Now is a good time to rethink your approach to disaster preparedness.
Additional Resources
American College of Emergency Physicians, Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy and Recommendations for Improved Healthcare and Public Health Response and Recovery for Future Catastrophic Events, Final Report, Dec. 22, 2015. Arendt, L.A., and Hess, D.B., Hospital Decision Making in the
In the Wake of Hurricanes, Hospitals Should Revisit Their Emergency Preparedness Plans
Every disaster—be it a hurricane, pandemic, earthquake, or other event—provides a lesson for hospitals in disaster preparedness that should be reflected in their emergency management plans.
Windy Runner: How the midlife start of a hobby became a lifelong passion
Linda Klute started running at an HFMA event and realized it provided lifelong stress relief and comradery.
Three Strategies for Aligning With Physicians in a Value-Based World
As health care moves toward value-based payment, health systems should consider their value strategies and identify ways in which agreements with physicians can contribute to those strategies.
The Changing Role of Revenue Cycle Outsourcing
There has long been a debate about whether it is wise to outsource some or all of revenue cycle operations to third-party experts who specialize in optimizing financial performance. In the following roundtable, several revenue cycle leaders discuss the role of outsourcing in their own organizations and how they envision it changing as the industry evolves.