Search Results
The default setting for search results displays All Content. If you prefer to see recent content only, please adjust the date filter.
Filter your results:
Types
Topics
33763 Results Found
Governing for Quality in a "No-Outcome, No-Income" World
There’s hardly a health care board member, past or present, who hasn’t heard of the age-old governance mantra “no margin, no mission.” For years this simple phrase captured what most trustees came to believe was their primary obligation: to ensure the financial viability of their hospital or health system. Days cash on hand, debt coverage ratio and net operating margin were key measures that defined high or low performance.
Transforming Care Delivery to Focus on Patient Outcomes: Why Boards Matter
In the publication, authors Joshi and Horak state that hospital trustees support hospitals’ fundamental missions to improve the health of the community. In a climate of growing concerns about the quality of health care and the amount we pay for it, trustees are called upon to oversee the transformation of the culture of the organization.
Using a Scorecard for Strategic Results
Although scorecards that measure health system performance against established metrics have become an increasingly common and useful tool in the trustee’s governance toolbox, finding concrete, comprehensive ways to measure how well the organization is achieving its strategic goals — and, in turn, determining incentive compensation based on goal achievement — can be a daunting, ephemeral task. Here’s how one health care system has successfully connected all the dots.
Preserving a Legacy
In today’s environment of change and transformation, some nonprofit hospitals and health systems are considering the possibility of selling to for-profit providers. A central concern for boards engaged in strategic deliberations about a potential sale is preserving the charitable mission, values and legacy of their nonprofit health care organization.
Regionalization and Systemization in Philanthropy
The health care field is changing. Hospitals are partnering with other health care providers and experimenting with new ways to create centers for excellence, as well as better integrate care within the community. By finding non-traditional ways to move care into communities, hospitals become more accountable and patients can experience improved wellness, expanded services and access to even better quality care. These activities can also involve mergers and acquisitions. These changes can affect areas of the organization responsible for advancing philanthropy.
Regulatory Advisory: UPDATED: Upcoming Changes for Outpatient PPS Providers with Multiple Locations – What You Need to Know
PLEASE NOTE: This previously issued Advisory has been updated to reflect that, as urged by AHA, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has granted additional t
Fostering Strategic Alignment in Philanthropy
Alignment between the health care organization's strategic priorities and charitable funding priorities is essential to maximize the impact of donor dollars. However, many organizations fail to secure a shared vision, so philanthropy is used to advance low value priorities or development officers are left to de facto set hospital strategy.
Study: Drug prices continue to increase
Drug makers this week increased list prices for at least 104 different drugs, dosages or package sizes, with the average price increase 13.1%, according to an analysis of select drugs by Rx Savings Solutions.
The Foundation Board Planning Journey
As the foundation board considers the creation of a strategic plan to guide the health care foundation, there are several priorities and moving pieces to consider across the strategic planning journey.
FDA issues draft guidance on drug dependence, usage labeling
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday released new draft guidance for labeling medications that carry the risk of abuse or dependence, including but not limited to opioids, and simplifying labels with complicated usage instructions.