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Jun 13 | Jeff Lagasse

Acquisitions, partnerships with academic medical centers an emerging workforce trend

Some health systems are viewing these academic medical center acquisitions as a means of getting closer…

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Jun 10 | Jeff Lagasse

Healthcare hiring dipped in May, continuing trend

Although hiring in healthcare has slowed, the trend has been positive overall, with the industry adding about 391,000 jobs over the past 12…

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Jun 03 | Susan Morse

Emergency medicine compensation grew by over 40%, according to MGMA research

Provider pay has increased 7 to 11 percent over last 5 years as shortages lead to practices offering more salary…

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Jun 03 | Jeff Lagasse

Hospital boards seeing low turnover, but lack diversity and succession planning

Most hospital board members are male and white, and younger members are rare, but some of these trends are…

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May 21 | Jeff Lagasse

Healthcare spending accelerated during the first quarter, while price growth climbed slightly

With March, the streak of 17 consecutive months in which year-over-year growth in health…

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May 16 | Jeff Lagasse

Quality standards framework can improve both clinical and financial performance in healthcare

A consistent framework is needed to ensure healthcare quality workforces are efficient,…

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May 15 | Jeff Lagasse

With medical groups employing more physicians, a leader with the right skill set is paramount

Any medical group requires a strong leader, and the most important qualities to look for are…

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May 08 | Jeff Lagasse

Health system leaders value nurse innovation skills -- just not at the leadership level, study says

Just 31 percent of clinical leaders have a designated nursing leader whose primary…

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May 07 | Jeff Lagasse

Practice owners are no longer the majority among physicians, AMA finds

The share of physicians with ownership stakes in a medical practice declined 6 percent, driven largely by younger…

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Apr 29 | Susan Morse

How hospitals are making investments that create new revenue streams

Investing in research and development can propel health systems taking financial risk into the front lines of innovation.

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Once-failing hospitals say accountability, transparency key to surviving fallout from failing patient safety grades When Leapfrog released their Spring 2016 patient safety grades recently, 15 hospitals got slapped with a very public 'F' grade casting a spotlight on them that no institution wants. ...

Healthcare mergers and acquisitions in 2016: Running list While 2015 was a record-breaking year in healthcare mergers and acquisitions, 2016 saw more change as organizations across the industry adjust and adapt to the evolving financial landscape.

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Clinical Quality Measures 101 Although quality-reporting programs such as meaningful use provide incentives to help providers implement and use electronic health records (EHRs) to collect and report on clinical data, practices often need help deciding what data to collect, which measures to report ...

Gaining Actionable Insight into Financial Systems and Areas Impacting the Revenue Cycle Hospital systems across the country are looking to streamline their billing and collection processes to become more efficient and better compete in their markets. The challenge many face is how to turn the data ...

Credible, Defensible Estimates In healthcare, every interaction with the patient matters. Especially in today’s environment of continuous improvement, efforts have been concentrated on coordination among providers, the patient care experience and quality outcomes – all laudable goals.

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