Strategic Planning

Hospitals see the proverbial writing on the wall, and are preparing for the industry transition to value-based purchasing. But under a value model, many organizations will struggle, at least initially, to maintain their margins and to retain adequate market share in their regions.

A regional health system in the Pacific Northwest is taking a major step towards price transparency, but there are still caveats for patients managing their own healthcare costs.

Finance VP at Florida Hospital explains how consumer trends are impacting patient engagement efforts.

The pharmacy chain will share prescription and visit information of assigned patients with the participating providers through electronic health record integration.

Maryland hospital has turned heads in the industry for its approach to revenue cycle and has consistently hit high benchmarks in patient access, revenue integrity, claims adjudication and management.

The drug, BCX4430, delivers a small molecule into the body that in studies showed to be effective in blocking the Ebola virus from reproducing.

After Valley Hospital of Ridgewood, N.J., switched to pajamas and gowns that provide extra coverage, costs went up $70,000 per year.

The future of healthcare employment might lie with physician extenders, as cost and physician bandwidth spur hiring.

Good managers don't live in boxes. And at Utah's Intermountain Healthcare, it's pretty much mandated that they break out of them, especially when it comes to improving revenue cycle management.

A healthcare revolution is underway and a fundamental change in healthcare delivery and payment models is taking place. Only highly-integrated networks with proven care management capability will be optimally positioned to compete in the new environment.