Henry Schein soars on healthcare consolidation, integrated delivery networks as hospital execs seek supply chain help

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/henry-schein-soars-healthcare-consolidation-integrated-delivery-networks-hospital-execs-seek?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRous6XJZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4IScRqI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Company has seen more supply chain executives at the hospital level get involved with purchasing decisions.

As epidemic grows, the cost of drug addiction weighs on hospital finances

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/epidemic-grows-cost-drug-addiction-weighs-hospital-finances?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRous6XJZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4IScRqI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Systems test out pilot programs that help keep addicts from ending up in the emergency room.

Turning Value-Based Health Care into a Real Business Model

https://hbr.org/2015/10/turning-value-based-health-care-into-a-real-business-model?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+harvardbusiness+%28HBR.org%29

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504 hospitals hit with whistle-blower lawsuit alleging false claims violations

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulatory-issues/504-hospitals-hit-with-whistle-blower-lawsuit-alleging-false-claims-violations.html

Whistleblower

Whistleblower Doctor Warns About Hospitals Hiring Physicians

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/hospital-of-tomorrow/articles/2015/10/07/whistleblower-doctor-warns-about-hospitals-hiring-physicians

Broward Health Medical Center, a hospital located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in Nov. 2013.

Many once-independent doctors are now employed by a hospital; an orthopedic surgeon says this isn’t a good trend.

Emerging trends and enduring challenges in U.S. health care

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/health360/posts/2015/10/07-emerging-trends-and-enduring-challenges-in-health-care

Emerging Healthcare Trends

 

With healthcare mergers, joining workplace cultures can be a difficult transition

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/healthcare-mergers-joining-workplace-cultures-can-be-difficult-transition?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRous6%2FPZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ISctiI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Thousands of healthcare workers nationally have had to adjust to life with a new employer, new colleagues, and maybe even competing managers.

Overwhelming support for outsourcing revenue cycle management in healthcare, survey shows

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/overwhelming-support-outsourcing-revenue-cycle-management-healthcare-survey-shows?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRous6%2FPZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ISctiI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

About 80 percent of hospital CFOs consider outsourcing to be the best stop-gap measure until new software is selected.

Hospital acquisitions of foreign businesses expected to pick up, experts say

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/hospital-acquisitions-foreign-businesses-expected-pick-experts-say?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRous6%2FPZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ISctiI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Image via <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/38033723@N00/3402025322">Flickr</a>.

Though entering a foreign country is bound to create various challenges.