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Webinar: Trends for payers in a post-ACA world: Building narrow networks that work | Wednesday, November 13, 2013 @ 10:00 AM CST | 11:00 AM EST
October 15, 2013
Insurers looking to offer low-cost options on the new health insurance exchanges are knitting together narrow provider networks that are willing to offer lower prices in exchange for the guaranteed volume that comes with serving an entire patient population. But that raises thorny questions for...
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Webinar: C-Suite executives at hospitals and health systems above $100M NPR | Thursday, November 14, 2013 @ 10:00 AM CST | 11:00 AM EST
October 15, 2013
To thrive in the new healthcare environment, hospitals and health systems must improve performance by 20 to 40 percent. How can organizations achieve this magnitude of change? Learn key competencies and practical steps in the areas of governance, physician alignment and operational excellence that...
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Webinar: EMRs as a Platform for Change: How clinical and business intelligence can improve health and reduce costs | Tuesday, November 5, 2013 @ 1:00 PM CST | 2:00 PM EST
October 14, 2013
EMR adoption has reached a clear tipping point. Now that basic implementation work is done, providers must find ways to optimize EMR investments and derive strategic value as government incentives taper off. While many organizations remain focused on tactical issues, mapping EMR capabilities to...
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Hospitals with expensive tech, high patient satisfaction have highest-paid CEOs
By Ashok Selvam | October 14, 2013
What not-for-profit hospitals pay their CEOs has little to do with financial performance or quality scores, but the top executives generally make more at hospitals with expensive technology and high marks in patient satisfaction, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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A job engine sputters as hospitals cut staff
By USA Today | October 14, 2013
Hospitals, a reliable source of employment growth in the recession and its aftermath, are starting to cut thousands of jobs amid falling insurance payments and inpatient visits.
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Hospitals play with Medicare patients' status
By Kristen Schorsch, Crain's Chicago Business | October 13, 2013
A growing number of senior citizens are ensnared in a Medicare crackdown on hospitals over costly inpatient admissions.
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Providers threaten lawsuits | Advantage plans pass along 2% sequester rate cuts
By Beth Kutscher | October 12, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Healthcare providers are threatening to sue insurers that pass along a 2% rate cut imposed on their Medicare Advantage plan payments under the federal budget sequestration law.
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Md. submits plan to update all-payer health system
By Associated Press | October 12, 2013
Maryland has submitted a plan to the federal government to modernize the state's all-payer rate setting system for hospital services, Gov. Martin O'Malley announced Friday.
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Progress, but still a long way to go | Researchers see promise in safety measures, but gains uneven
By Lola Butcher | October 12, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Nearly 15 years after the patient-safety movement started, deaths and injuries from poor care continue to be all too common in U.S. hospitals. For example, studies show that between 21% and 63% of urinary catheters, which frequently cause painful infections...
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Rutherford named CFO of HCA and other moves
By Modern Healthcare | October 12, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
In a series of leadership changes prompted by HCA CEO Richard Bracken's retirement at the end of this year, William Rutherford will become CFO and executive VP. Rutherford, 49, joined Nashville-based HCA in 1986 as a staff auditor and has served in a variety of roles, most recently as...
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