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Monthly Archives: October 2016
Cartoon – Rising Healthcare Costs
4 Tips for Keeping Politics Out of Staff Conversations
Avoiding divisive topics can help maintain workplace morale during a contentious election season—and afterward.
How Night Shifts Perpetuate Health Inequality
3 factors that will tank your workforce management
“No more overtime will be approved!” How many times have we heard declarations like this in an attempt to control labor costs? Considering that labor costs are a hospital’s largest expense exceeding 50% of their operating budgets, it’s no wonder that remarks like this are frequently heard. Healthcare providers have spent millions of dollars on analytics and other systems to find a way to get these costs under control. Yet, they still do not have clear insights into their labor costs and are unable to implement sustainable programs to manage and control costs. I’m going to look at three areas that limit a healthcare provider’s ability to manage their workforce in a way that optimizes labor, controls costs and drives outcomes.
Clinton vs. Trump: 5 critical election issues
While Hillary Clinton vows to forge ahead with Obamacare if she is elected president, Donald Trump would scrap it altogether. The end results would be two very different forms of healthcare, and industry leaders have much to consider.
Brill“Many different factors are weighing on managed care executives such as the costs of pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and devices; the impact of consolidation amongst hospitals, physicians, health plans; and the losses in the exchange marketplace,” says Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisor Joel V. Brill, MD, chief medical officer, Predictive Health, LLC, which partners with stakeholders to improve coverage of value-driven care. “With each of these factors, plans can, at least at a high level, make some educated guesses about the relative risk of each factor and impact to the bottom line.”
The election results, however, are much less certain, which from a risk perspective, weighs heavily on the minds of healthcare executives, Brill says. “How can you plan for business knowing that whatever you are doing currently could be upended in the beginning of November?”
To help provide some clarity, Managed Healthcare Executive identified five of the top industry issues, reviewed the candidates’ platforms for each, and asked industry experts to weigh in.
Dignity Health, CHI Explore ‘Alignment’
Potential merger would create a one of the nation’s largest non-profit health systems, with more than 140 hospitals and hundreds of clinics and physicians’ offices in two dozen states.
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HENRY KOTULA 