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Hospital Archive
9/28/2007
Physician-Hospital Integration: The Consolidation Continues . . .
Discover what is driving the latest wave of merger-acquisitions and how both medical groups and hospitals can achieve the desired market alignment.
8/7/2007
New Ruling Proposed By CMS
8/1/2006
Planning for Peak Periods
These strategies can help your organization plan for and benefit from patient volume swings, rather than being paralyzed by them.
6/1/2006
A New Model for Hospital Board Governance
Can the lessons learned from organizations that have successfully implemented physician-administrator leadership teams be applied to hospital trustees?
12/1/2005
Streamlining Patient Flow through the ER
Emergency rooms must operate smoothly to keep pace with growing demand. This article discusses the latest efficiency trends and protocols.
10/31/2005
Welcome to the Board: A Primer for New Hospital Trustees
Today’s hospital board members are expected to play a central role in ensuring that the hospital survives and thrives.
8/1/2005
Strategic Partner Options for Rural Health Systems
Partnership arrangements can take a variety of forms, from networks and alliances to joint ventures, affiliations, and full-scale mergers.
6/1/2005
IPPS Proposal Would Have Major Impact on CAHs
The proposed rule would raise reimbursement rates, but critical access hospitals wanting to rebuild or relocate would face severe limitations.
3/1/2005
Balanced Scorecard: Are You Ready?
The Balanced Scorecard is a powerful management and performance improvement tool that has been used by organizations of all types since the early 1990s. However, not every Balanced Scorecard implementation is successful. To increase the chances for success, providers must first examine their “organizational readiness”.
2/1/2005
Critical Access Hospitals and Wisconsin Medicaid HMO Contracts
Successfully managing your HMO contractual allowances and payment methods can make your CAH more profitable.
1/1/2005
Translating the Balanced Scorecard into action in rural hospitals
In small businesses, the key to implementing Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is tailoring the process to scale and making it easy to use. But what should small and rural health systems consider when thinking about applying BSC to their facilities? This is the second article in a series, the first article published in October 2004.
12/1/2004
Demystifying Hospital Financial Statements: What Every Trustee Should Know
Board members, trustees, and management who are armed with the basic knowledge and understanding of financial information and industry trends will be more successful leading organizations to new heights.
10/1/2004
Applying a Balanced Scorecard to Small and Rural Hospitals
Faced with shrinking margins and increasing competitive pressures, the health care industry is one of the latest to embrace the Balanced Scorecard as a new strategic planning and performance improvement tool.
5/1/2004
Are Hospital-Owned Medical Practices Destined to Lose Money?
In general, because the majority of the independent groups are cash basis, losses are not generated. Physicians’ compensation is limited to the amount of cash available for distribution.
5/1/2004
Healthcare Performance Management Service
HPM is aimed at strengthening and formalizing the processes in place at every hospital--performance measurement, strategic implementation, communication, and knowledge management.