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.

Payers, Providers Debate Health Plan Consolidation Before Congress

http://healthleadersmedia.com/content.cfm?topic=HEP&content_id=321160

Capitol Dome

In the second hearing this month to review competition in the healthcare marketplace, the CEOs of Aetna and Anthem and executives of the American Hospital Association told lawmakers about the benefits and perils of health plan mega-mergers.

Why Geisinger’s care coordination strategies are a model for the US

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/why-geisingers-care-coordination-strategies-are-model-us/2015-09-28?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Geisinger Health System

Pennsylvania’s doc-led system uses data-driven strategies to reduce ER visits, readmissions and improve patient care.