The University of Michigan Health System counts itself as one of the country's largest research and teaching institutions, but bigger doesn't always mean better when it comes to integration.
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This year, 19 organizations submitted surveys for evaluation but failed to crack the 2012 IMS Top 100 IHNs ranking.
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Intermountain Healthcare in Utah saved $185 million in supply costs after bringing in a chief purchasing officer.
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The nation's healthcare system faces another major policy fork in 2012 as a U.S. Supreme Court case and a national election will decide the fate of the 2010 federal healthcare overhaul.
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The healthcare industry enters 2012 faced with familiar stressors: an unsteady economic recovery, high unemployment and the scramble to comply with a wave of new federal health policies.
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When it comes to the possibility of replacing the sustainable growth-rate formula used to determine physician Medicare payment, 2012 might not look a lot different from the past year.
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Health insurers in 2012 will continue to focus on complying with the many provisions of the federal health reform law affecting their business. They will also be keeping an eye out for strategic acquisitions that put them in the best position to meet the ongoing changes to the healthcare system.
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The weak economy and federal and state budget stress mean uncertainty for U.S. hospitals in the coming year, healthcare analysts say.
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While healthcare watchers will stay focused this year on the overarching legality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, many specialized lawyers are keeping an eye on one discrete niche of the law that allows hospitals to 'fess up when they broke the law.
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The upcoming year will likely bring big changes on the quality front as the CMS rolls out the next phases of its value-based purchasing program and other insurers step up their efforts to link payment to performance, experts say.
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Two federal health information technology incentive programs will likely trigger explosive growth in 2012 in the adoption and meaningful use of electronic health-record systems by office-based physicians, but adoption rates will rise more slowly at hospitals.
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While there's still pent-up demand for new healthcare construction and planning for new projects continues at a heavy pace, economic and political uncertainty are leading to another slowdown in the sector.
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First industry officials complained there weren't enough nurses. Then nursing school graduates complained there weren't enough jobs, and they attended school for nothing.
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Pricing pressure on technology and medical devices from hospitals will only increase this year, which will likely lead to more acquisitions among device manufacturers and an overall focus on reducing nonlabor costs within a hospital.
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Executives for public hospitals and rural healthcare providers are looking to 2012 with concerns about the economy, potential funding cuts from Medicare and Medicaid as well as the future of healthcare reform.
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