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Become the Leader You Were Meant to Be
After 21 + years in the career development business, I have seen the unique skill sets required for effective healthcare leaders. One key I have discovered is that effective leaders are continuous learners who never stop growing and developing their skills and...
What Traits Mark the Ideal Healthcare CEO?
Hospitals & Health Networks (H&HN), a publication of the American Hospital Association (AHA), featured an article this month on the traits needed to be a successful CEO in today’s environment. This week, in the first part of a two-part blog post, we’ll begin...
Healthcare CIO Priorities: Demand Management is a Big Challenge
Rick Schooler is a man whose daily work hinges on his ability to prioritize different objectives. As Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Vice President of Orlando Health, he says he is occupied with as many as 100 or more projects in tandem ranging from his work in...
Hospitals Facing Big Administrative Burden with Medicare RACs
Medicare recovery audit contractors (RACs) are costing hospitals significant sums in terms of expenditures related to managing audits, denials and appeals. Some hospitals report spending hundreds of thousands of dollars, even millions, addressing RAC audits. The...
Using a “Total Cost” Strategy to Reduce Healthcare Costs
While cost reduction efforts at hospitals and health systems typically emphasize internal cost structures, it’s important to look at other factors to address new payment models and evolving types of insurance plans. That’s the advice of Jim Blake, Managing Director at...
AHA Checklist for Executives on Coordinating Patient Care
Hospitals & Health Networks (H&HN), a publication of the American Hospital Association, featured an article this month that helps executives stay on top of the critical issue of care coordination. With the increasing importance of value-based care models,...
Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) Details ACA Impact on Hospital Costs
A report published last month by the Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) details payment cuts to hospitals in the state, which are projected to reach almost $7 billion by 2024. While the report lauds the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the expansion of Medicaid in the...
CEO Shares Leadership Lessons on Engaging Employees
Chris Van Gorder, CEO of Scripps Health, has reduced turnover by half while leading a financial turnaround at the $2.6 billion health system that employs 14,000 people. He engages with staff during “Friday leadership rounds,” when he visits one of the system’s five...
Leadership Insights in Ten Quick Reads from Becker’s Hospital Review
What are the four traits of a successful change leader? What are the seven phrases you'll never hear come out of a successful leader’s mouth? What are the nine irrevocable office sins? Last week Becker’s Hospital Review published a round-up of ten articles on...
Analyzing the Movement Toward Value-Based Payment Models
A team of researchers from the University of Washington has been analyzing seven value-based payment programs with an eye toward how the payment landscape may evolve. They’ve published an article on their findings as well as an overview at Health Affairs (link below),...
CEOs Discuss the Advice They Wished They’d Received Before Their First Day on the Job
Interviews recently conducted by Becker’s Hospital Review highlight the advice that CEOs wish they’d received prior to starting their job. Chris Van Gorder, President and CEO of Scripps Health in San Diego remarked, “Nobody ever told me that being CEO really was a...
HIMSS Conference Next Week is a Key Health IT Event
Technology is transforming the healthcare industry at an accelerating pace, and the annual HIMSS conference is one of the best venues to learn about current trends and future outlooks. HIMSS is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to health IT education and...
Value-Based Models Require Emphasis on Population Health Management
As healthcare payments are increasingly linked to value-based models, population health management is becoming more important as a means to reduce financial risks. A report recently released by the Academy Huron Institute provides some valuable background on the...
CEO Reputation as “Fundamental Driver” of Corporate Reputation
A recent survey of over 1,700 executive managers, including the C-suite but excluding CEOs, found an extensive relationship between the CEO’s reputation and that of the company itself. Of the executives surveyed, 87% said that a positive reputation for the CEO was...
CMS Announcement on “Next Generation” ACO Model
Last week CMS announced a new Next Generation ACO Model, which asks providers to agree to take on greater risks related to their performance in return for potentially sharing in a greater proportion of savings. In return for accepting more risk, CMS is providing a...
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