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One important exception to Trump’s budget cuts: programs to fight AIDS
The administration calls for some sharp health cuts, except to HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention.
MSOs — Important Again for Physician Practices
Management service organizations have been around for a while providing management to physician practices, ranging from billing and collection to complete turnkey operations. In this regard, they h…
Drafting a budget: Start with a business plan
Creating a budget for an ambulatory surgery center can be an intimidating task for even the most senior of management. With so many factors to consider—staffing, projected case volume and upcoming equipment purchases, just to name a few—many are tempted to dive in, crunch some numbers, and cross it off their to-do list as quickly …
If you build a budget, hospitals will adapt
U.S. health care spending is maddeningly high. As in fifty percent higher than what other wealthy countries spend, with no evidence we’re getting any bang for all those additional health care bucks.
Most Important Factors of Medical Practice Finance
There’s a lot more to being a medical business owner than treating your patients. You are the CEO of your business, and ultimately, it’s your responsibility for its success or demise. Not just of your own business, but the place that pays your bills, your family’s bills, employ your staff and add value to other people’s lives. Once you understand the financial landscape of your practice, you can find out how to make it better for your staff and your patients.
Budget matters for health: WHO policy brief
Robust public budgeting in the health sector is a necessary condition to enable the effective implementation of health financing reforms towards universal health coverage. Moving from input-based budgeting to health budgets that are formulated and executed on the basis of goal-oriented programmes can help build stronger linkages between budget allocations and sector priorities. This can also enable the implementation of strategic purchasing and incentivize accountability for…
IT Budget Decrease, Meaningful Use Era Ends
A drop in the percentage of IT budgets that is directed toward electronic health records systems signals a shift in focus. Now it's on broader business problems and on operational efficiencies, research suggests.
The Internet Of Things And Its Quest To Cut Healthcare Costs
The technology you deliver to your clients has a lot riding on it — it’s expected to save patient lives, make clinician and administrative jobs easier, measure up to government regulations, and do all that while saving money.
Cut burnout by following these 3 steps to optimize the EHR
EHR satisfaction improves when you take administrative burdens off physicians and maximize the system’s automation capabilities. Find out how.
Patient-Reported Information Has Important Impact on Key Quality Measures
A new study sheds light on the importance of patient-reported data in developing longitudinal records from past events, filling gaps in patient records, and preventing hospital readmissions and other poor outcomes.
As Medicaid grows, will there be more cuts to provider payments?
Radiologists are appealing to legislators to roll back a 42.5 percent cut to their Medicaid payment rates. And some patient advocates are raising a broader concern, warning that cuts to providers who treat Medicaid patients could become more common, making it harder for the more than 725,000 state residents in Medicaid to find specialists to treat them.
Everything You Need to Know About the Most Important Material in Outdoor Gear
Dyneema is a superlight fiber that's stronger than steel at the molecular level — and its use is becoming widespread in outdoor equipment.
The Ultimate Loss Prevention Strategy: 4 Key Areas for Allocating Your Budget
The ultimate loss prevention strategy identifies 4 areas an organization should consider based on years of experience with small and large health systems.
Private Hospital Rooms Cut Infection, Offset Building Costs
In the war against infections, constructing single-patient rooms – rather than sick-bay style, multi-patient rooms – reduces hospital-acquired infections
Ideas to Help You Cut Back On or Stop Using Alcohol-Topic Overview
If you think you might be dependent on alcohol,talk with your doctor before trying to stop drinking. If you are dependent on alcohol,you should stop drinking,not just cut back. If you are dependent,you might develop severe withdrawal symptoms if you stop drinking on your own. Whether you are dependent on alcohol or not,or whether you are trying to cut back or quit,the first thing to do ...
Cocaine is being cut with drug which ‘kills instantly’ and hundreds have died
‘People using cocaine have no tolerance to its effects’
If Your Medical Information Becomes A Moneymaker, Could You Get A Cut?
Sometimes discoveries derived from patients' medical data become the foundation of new profit-making companies. A fledgling industry wants to help patients get a cut of the cash.
Refining Price Transparency Tools to Increase Patient Use, Cut Costs
Price transparency tools so far are not delivering on their promise to cut healthcare costs. With some fine tuning, these tools could garner patient use and reduce spending.
6 Things to Cut from your Budget when there's Nothing Left to Cut
Learn how to reduce your monthly costs with these simple and practical ideas for cutting your budget, even when you think there's nothing else to cut.
Is Design Important In Healthcare?
I’ve been in the healthcare delivery business now for 30 years and I can confidently say we’ve paid almost no attention to design. As we get closer to a world where we are engaging patients in their own health outcomes, design will be much more critical.
