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You’ve Got Care

How technology is helping to bridge the gap between physicians and caregivers Currently in the United States, more than 29% of Americans are acting as caregivers for someone else. A majority of these caregivers also hold a full-time job, while they spend an estimated twenty hours a week providing patient care. With all this time

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5 Top-Paid Medical Specialties

Written by Rachel Fields Here are 13 statistics about compensation of the five highest-paid medical specialties, according to MGMA’sPhysician Compensation and Production Survey: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data. 1. Orthopedic surgery — spine Orthopedic surgeons specializing in spine made an average of $710,055 in compensation in 2009. Orthopedic surgeons (spine) working in a multi-specialty

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Money Matters: How the Hospital Revenue Cycle Impacts Patient Satisfaction

Hospital leaders are increasingly prioritizing patient satisfaction, understanding that the experience of the patient impacts hospital finances, reputation and physician satisfaction. But one of the most crucial parts of the patient experience — the revenue cycle — is still neglected in favor of pushing customer satisfaction during the clinical encounter. Scott Morgan, chief strategy officer for Avadyne Health, discusses how the revenue cycle impacts patient experience — and what hospitals can do to improve their satisfaction ratings through interactions about money.

How revenue cycle affects the patient experience

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Improving Your Health System in 10 Minutes

On Oct. 19, at the StuderGroup’s “What’s Right in Health Care” conference, five healthcare experts shared key takeaways for healthcare leaders in a session titled, “10 Minutes That Count.”
In the session, each speaker was given just 10 minutes to get across an important message that could be taken back to the healthcare leaders’ organizations and have a real impact.

First to take the stage was Bob Murphy, RN, Esq., FACHE, and international speaker and executive coach with StuderGroup. He shared lessons on “how to get people to do what you want them to do.” He left the audience with three key ways to achieve this

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Inconsistent CMS Pilots Leave Hospitals Feeling Swamped

Written by Molly Gamble A surplus of pilot programs paired with uncertainty over which models will actually stick is leaving many hospitals overwhelmed and feeling as though they can’t participate in more than one, according to a Politico report. Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System withdrew its application last month to participate in CMS’ Pioneer ACO

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From Treating the Sick to Managing Community Health: Hospitals’ New Role in Managing Population Health

Hospitals have long provided services aimed at improving the health of their communities, usually as part of their community benefit programs. It’s hard to find a hospital that doesn’t offer educational sessions, free screenings and other preventive health services, and many hospitals go beyond that. For example, hospitals are increasingly using nurse managers to coordinate care for specific patient populations, particularly those with chronic diseases, and oversee care for a variety of patients outside the traditional walls of a hospital. In the past, care coordination and population health management was relegated to the most sophisticated integrated delivery health networks with significant managed-care contracts or safety-net and other hospitals in low-income communities whose missions are deeply guided by community health improvement. However, healthcare reform legislation and other catalysts are beginning to pressure hospitals to take a broader view toward their role in community health. Systems and facilities of all sizes that have long been focused on providing high quality care in the hospital must now turn toward keeping patients out of the hospital, and the transition won’t be an easy one for many

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25 Statistics on Physician Salary and Compensation

Written by Bob Herman   Here are 25 statistics on recent physician salary and compensation trends. Of the nine different geographic areas in the United States, annual median physician compensation was the highest in the North Central region so far in 2011 at roughly $225,000. Hospital ownership of an orthopedic surgeon‘s practice could impact the physician’s annual compensation. For

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