Allegheny Health Network sees itself near break-even in 2017

http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2015/10/02/allegheny-health-network-sees-breakeven.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2015-10-02&u=FAuoHGaGEPdmk4X6khnaiw045b16af&t=1443814572

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Value-based care: Will the industry ever be ready to ditch fee-for-service?

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/value-based-care-will-industry-ever-be-ready-ditch-fee-service/2015-10-02?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

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Three years into value-based purchasing, hospitals have little to show for it

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/three-years-value-based-purchasing-hospitals-have-little-show-it/2015-10-02?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Dollar Lever

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Shift from fee-for-service to value-based models slower than expected

http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/shift-fee-service-value-based-models-slower-expected/2015-09-30

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PwC’s Health Research Institute reports finds challenges remain for hospitals, systems but shift is inevitable

Bargaining power for docs comes at the expense of hospital leaders

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/bargaining-power-docs-comes-expense-hospital-leaders/2015-10-02?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Leadership structure increasing physician autonomy helped retention but hurt hospital, study finds

RN Role Reimagined: How Empowering Registered Nurses Can Improve Primary Care

http://www.chcf.org/publications/2015/08/rn-role-reimagined

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Kaiser coalition of unions ratifies national contract

http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2015/09/30/kaiser-coalition-of-unions-ratifies-national.html

Kaiser Permanente’s coalition of national unions has ratified a new, three-year contract that takes effect Wednesday.

200 hospital benchmarks

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/lists/200-hospital-benchmarks-2015.html

Benchmarking

Hospitals across the nation are competing in a number of areas, including quality and price, and many use benchmarking as a way to determine the areas most in need of improvement. The continuous process of benchmarking allows hospital executives to see how their organizations stack up against competitors as well as national leaders.

For the fourth year, Becker’s Hospital Review has collected 200 benchmarks related to some of the most important day-to-day areas executives oversee: quality, patient satisfaction, operations, utilization and finance.