Rising health insurance costs, Medicare/Medicaid issues, and stricter regulations and legislative policies, along with increasing demands for providing the highest-quality care, are tough issues health care organizations face. You can rely on the insights of our industry specialists who have a broad range of experience assisting clients with the complexities of these and other issues to identify strategies for helping you save time, money and resources.
In today’s health care marketplace, hospital-physician integration is a growing trend — and one that is subject to growing scrutiny from the IRS and regulators.
Amid the continuing economic uncertainty, financing options that were readily available to health care organizations in recent years have grown more limited. This paper offers a number of suggestions for restoring rigor and discipline throughout health care business sector, outlining proactive steps to prepare for what could be a slow economic recovery. Topics covered include: financing options; recognizing signs of financial distress; and planning for the worst-case scenario.
With governance of all types of organizations being increasingly called into question, not-for-profit healthcare organizations are being scrutinized more closely than ever before. Further accenting that trend, reform of our entire healthcare system is likely to be hard upon us. Governance in high-performing community health systems: a report of trustee and CEO views examines the structures, practices and cultures of community health system boards and compares them to several benchmarks of good governance.
Washington Bulletin summarizes breaking health care regulatory and legislative updates. The e-bulletin makes it easy and pain free for health care executives to stay current on what the federal government decides and how it affects the health care industry. Visit our National Health Care Affairs Office to view the most recent Washington Bulletin.