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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.
Why venture capital firms are pouring money into health insurance
The unintended consequences of healthcare system integration
The CFO Challenge
2015 saw a wave of unprecedented Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) between large and community payers and providers. The reasons vary, but operationally and financially these organizations require system interoperability and technology consolidation to reduce redundancy and gain economies of scale. Also, as health insurers and healthcare organizations
transform into value-based reimbursement environments and respond to other Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandates, brand new technologies are required to predict and maximize cash flows for reinvestment and protection against unforeseen challenges.
Patient perception, migration and payer mixes among major challenges for Massachusetts community hospitals, study finds

Transformation planning and support, consumer encouragement, value-based payment identified as areas needing further exploration, report says.
PwC: Large hospital systems fail to achieve economies of scale
But on their own, large hospitals operate more cost-effectively than small hospitals
Is value-based pay leading to more MD face time?
Most hospital leaders think major reforms needed to survive
http://hospitalresilience.eiu.com/2016/01/27/executive-summary/

To shed light on the complex and daunting challenges affecting the U.S. hospital sector, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) conducted a survey of 300-plus hospital executives in November 2015.








