Sherree Geyer
Transparency mandates make it tricky for health systems, as a procedure’s cost and what patients pay is very different.
Frugal spending and an academic approach to planning helps Hill Country Memorial earn high honors.
The CFO of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, says the move towards value-based payment models helps the hospital emphasize value of care over volume, which reduces readmissions.
Most hospitals fall well short of their cost reduction targets, in part because the ability of chief financial officers to meaningfully impact how operational and clinical leaders approach the issue is limited.