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New Year’s Resolution: Become A Better Leader!
In all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, it’s easy to forget that in just a few weeks most of us will be looking at the New Year and a list of resolutions or promises that we have made to ourselves that we hope to accomplish. Some of our old favorites are...
Congrats you got the job! Read before you sign.
A physician who I greatly admire and respect once took a job as a hospitalist in a small town. She was told that she would have a guaranteed salary. But she did not read the fine print in her employment contract. The guarantee was actually an advance against future...
Silence is NOT Golden
The English language is one of the most difficult languages to learn. That is, in part, because it is full of “sayings” or “idioms” that we use in everyday speech, most of which originate from cultures around the world. Such sayings make no linguistic sense unless you...
Where’s your sweet spot? The balance between confidence and arrogance.
Why is it that too much of something becomes a bad thing? We have all heard that phrase, “too much of a good thing.” And while we might not like to admit it, it is true. I have a weakness for sugar, but if I eat it too often, I gain weight. This causes a chain...
Physician Executives: Are You Utilizing Their Talent?
“This article originally appeared on www.stout.com.” It is vital to anticipate how revenue cycle reports will be viewed across the organization. If you are a hospital or health system with disengaged physicians, you are missing the boat (and probably bumping along,...
Coding: Inpatient or Outpatient, Risks (and Benefits) Are Increasing E&M, DRG, APC, Risk Adjusted, CDI, and Hospice … It All Matters
“This article originally appeared on www.stout.com.” Ensure accurate coding and billing by reviewing the coding and compliance policies woven into a health system’s revenue cycle. Because coding can be confusing and laborious it can often be overlooked and potentially...
Congratulations! You got the job offer…now what?
You have worked dozens of job leads for weeks, biding your time, going on countless interviews, networking with numerous people, and now you possibly have multiple job offers on the verge of coming to fruition. Yay for you! Let's hold the champagne; it is not quite...
Attention hiring managers and recruiters — do all unemployed job candidates have performance issues?
Over the past 20+ years, I’ve worked with hundreds of healthcare professionals in various stages of career transition. Sometimes they seek out my company’s services, striving to move up the ladder or switch career direction. Other times they are introduced to us via...
Physician Compensation – Value-Based Care Initiatives Bring Disruption
“This article originally appeared on www.stout.com.” Physician compensation arrangements have changed under constant and fluctuating pressure from the dynamism of the healthcare landscape. Physician compensation arrangements have evolved during the last two-plus...
Attention hiring managers and recruiters — do all unemployed job candidates have performance issues?
Over the past 20+ years, I’ve worked with hundreds of healthcare professionals in various stages of career transition. Sometimes they seek out my company’s services, striving to move up the ladder or switch career direction. Other times they are introduced to us via...
Process Transformation – A Way to Reduce Cost, Improve Quality, Etc., Etc., Etc.
“Gary Skarke is an expert in the area of transformation. His company’s success, for the most part, has been outside of healthcare but has touched healthcare on a small scale. As we all know, healthcare is going through a significant transformation and most of what he...
The recipe for creating value
When I was in college, the church that I attended had a booth every year at the local fair. We made a pastry called an elephant ear. I have seen at fairs funnel cakes which are made by pouring a liquid batter into hot oil and frying it. The elephant ear dough was...
Fat cutting from an organization can be taken too far – Are you starving your organization?
A maximum value strategy may involve cutting the fat from an organization, but a maximum economy strategy will cut the meat and bone. A maximum economy strategy has an excessive emphasis on cost-cutting so that it starves the organization of the resources it needs to...
How to find 3-7% more Net Revenue at your Hospital
A recent survey of 146 CEOs by the Advisory Board (1), the CEOs voted that “sustainable cost control” was the number one priority. This is an imperative that every hospital in America must be doing in the current health care environment. Net revenue is tightening up....
Maximum Wow Strategies Lead to Scarcity
See Previous post. A maximum wow strategy is when a lot of money is spent on something grand, splashy and showy that delivers little or no value to the company or its customers. A prime example of this is when a company builds an expensive and extravagant off-site...
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