Like it or not, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is here to stay. In June, The United States Supreme Court upheld the law after state attorney generals and the National Federation of Independent Business questioned its constitutionality. In a nutshell, the court stated that...
Given that today's culture is fully immersed in technology, it is easy to assume that any information you might need can be found with a few clicks. Occasionally, however, a few clicks can turn into an hours-long search-and in the world of medical staff services, it seems this...
On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a much anticipated 5-4 decision, upholding President Obama's healthcare reform, the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Although much of the commentary that followed revolved around the politics of funding, taxation, and requirements for...
The CFO of a healthcare system recently expressed to me concern over the amount of revenue (an estimated hundreds of thousands of dollars each month) being lost due to a dysfunctional credentialing process. A CMO noted that his longtime MSP is nearing retirement and the other...
Each year new technology emerges that changes the way physicians and surgeons perform procedures. The use of cutting-edge equipment has increased the quality of patient care by allowing more procedures to be done with minimally invasive techniques, and made previously complex or...
The only thing harder than initiating change is sustaining it. It has been six months since Better Times Hospital held its retreat. The task at hand, as noted in John Kotter's Leading Change, is step seven of the eight-step change process: consolidate the gains to date...
