Productivity and Process Improvement

How First Physician Corp. Turned Around Its Patient Satisfaction Scores

One emergency medicine physician group raised its patient satisfaction scores from below the 20th to the 99th percentile. Leaders credit a variety of strategies, including sharing unblinded physician data every quarter.

By Laura Ramos Hegwer January 9, 2017

Leveraging the Lab to Achieve Strategic Objectives

Organizations like Henry Ford Health System are using technology and collaborative partnerships to showcase their labs’ value.

By Laura Ramos Hegwer November 10, 2016

How Emory Clinic Uses Game-Based Principles to Boost Productivity

Leaders at Emory Clinic use gamification techniques to improve revenue cycle staff performance. In three months, A/R staff increased their productivity by 7.9 percent, trimmed six days from net days in A/R, and increased net payments by 6.2 percent.

By Laura Ramos Hegwer July 11, 2016

When Leading and Managing Others: First Do No Harm

A five step model helps leaders focus on the potential ethical issues behind their decisions.

By Marty Martin July 11, 2016

Ask the Experts: Rural Hospital Resources

I work at a rural 24-bed critical access hospital and am looking for a finance policy and procedure manual, as well as a payroll specialist job description.

By HFMA February 10, 2016

Revenue Cycle: Cost Center or Strategic Asset?

“If you begin to view your revenue cycle as an asset versus overhead, you begin to make strategic investments in that asset and you begin to develop and grow that asset,” says Jeffery Hurst of Florida Hospital.

By Lola Butcher November 2, 2015

What Does Financial Success Look Like in the CAH World?

CFO Bryce K. Betke credits four key factors for Crete Area Medical Center’s success: affiliation, payer mix, physician employment, and population health.

By Lauren Phillips June 12, 2014

Medical Practice Clinical Productivity Evaluation Tool

Hospital and physician leaders can use this evaluation tool to determine how to improve physician productivity in medical practices.

By HFMA October 17, 2012
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