Tag Archives: Hospital
Strategic Planning Initiatives for Healthcare Systems
http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/finance/strategic-planning-initiatives-healthcare-systems

At CHI, there are several key elements to “closing the loop on strategic planning with financial planning,” DiCola says, including assessing the capital requirements linked to strategic objectives, allocating capacities, making sure the organization has a multi-year financial plan aligned with its strategic plan, and remaining open to course corrections. “Strategic planning is not set in stone—it’s a living thing.”
Hospital Software Often Doesn’t Flag Unsafe Drug Prescriptions, Report Finds
Houston psychiatrist sentenced 12 years for $158 million Medicaid fraud
Sharon Iglehart was also ordered to pay more than $6 million in restitution, Department of Justice says.
Husband petitions to have Brigham and Women’s Hospital leaders fired after medical error

Man claims his wife was allegedly given stage 4 cancer during a procedure she underwent there.
Reevaluating capital spending strategies
http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/reevaluating-capital-spending-strategies
As U.S. hospitals prepare for value-based reimbursement, even capital investment is shifting away from traditional priorities
Population health, workforce salary management key hospital cost control strategies, CFOs say

But there’s a catch. Hospitals have to first spend money to get systems in place.
Major Employers Decry Sutter Health’s Tactics In Dispute Over Prices
Major Employers Decry Sutter Health’s Tactics In Dispute Over Prices

Sutter Health, long accused of abusing its market power in California, is squaring off against major U.S. employers in a closely watched legal fight over health care competition and high prices.







