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CFO
An Inadequate Increase: CMS Finalizes 2.9% Pay Increase for Outpatient Services
For many health systems, the increase feels like just a drop in the bucket.
CFO
Payers Are Playing Hardball—And Hospital CFOs Are Paying the Price
New data exposes aggressive tactics by payers for Medicare Advantage denials.
Innovation
A Few Rural Towns Are Bucking the Trend and Building New Hospitals
There is no official tally of new hospitals being built in rural America, but industry experts say they're rare.
Innovation
Predictive AI Helps Providers Plan Patient Care
Health systems like West Tennessee Healthcare are using AI platforms that can map out a patient?s predicted stay, allowing clinicians...
Innovation
How to Use Wearables Inside the Hospital
While wearable devices have gained attention for their use in remote patient monitoring programs, hospitals are finding more value in...
Innovation
Most Black Hospitals Across the South Closed Long Ago. Their Impact Endures.
Researchers have largely concluded that hospital desegregation improved the health of Black patients over the long term.
Innovation
Houston Methodist is Playing the Long Game With Virtual Nursing
The health system, participating in the HealthLeaders Virtual Nursing Mastermind program, sees the innovative program as just one part of...
Innovation
UCSD Health Has Saved More Than $10 Million With a Virtual Telesitting Program
Gerard Phillips, the health system?s Senior Director of Nursing, explains in this week?s HealthLeaders podcast how UCSD Health is improving...
CFO
The Reimbursement Battle: What's A CFO To Do?
A few specific inpatient and outpatient services in particular are feeling the effects of lower reimbursements leaving CFOs to strategize....
CFO
How Providence Is Turning Around Years of Losses
The health system posted encouraging first quarter earnings that show it?s climbing out of financial turmoil.
CMO
The Difference Between Patient Experience and Customer Experience, and Why It Matters
Successful healthcare organizations can distinguish between the patient experience and the customer experience.