As healthcare reform creates incentives for greater alignment among industry players,
organizations across the healthcare continuum will see their bottom lines increasingly tied to …

The ability of physicians, finance leaders, and operations leaders to work together is
increasingly critical--and requires a commitment on all sides to overcome differences in …

As the focus shifts from volume-based to value-based health care under healthcare reform,
hospital financial leaders will need to spearhead a strategic approach to understanding their …

Hospitals and health systems that are examining a growing range of new organizational,
ownership, and partnership models are frequently driven by the desire for both savings and …

From developing new partnerships with physicians, payers, and purchasers to
reengineering cost structures, achieving success in the post-reform era will require …

As healthcare organizations begin making the transition to the new value-based business
model-driven by market forces and the Affordable Care Act--finance executives are taking a …

" There is little debate about whether closer integration among providers is necessary. The
imperative to increase quality and lower cost renders arguments to the contrary moot." …

For one hospital, an OR patient flow improvement project proved to be a catalyst for a new
level of physician-hospital collaboration that will serve the organization well as it prepares …

A convergence of factors is creating a renewed interest in integrated health care. The
prospect of healthcare reform (including changes in payment methodologies) is coming at a …

Most hospital and health system finance leaders have accomplished a great deal, on both
the cost and the revenue sides, to prepare their organizations for the challenges posed by …