Financial Management

Snapshot Preparing for a value-based health care environment is daunting at a time when fee-for-service payments still predominate. But boards can take steps now to help hospitals thrive today and in the future. Hospital boards and C-suite executives have a major strategic…
Snapshot A series of high-profile breaches underscored the vulnerability of online records and the ability of cyber-criminals to quickly adapt their tactics. Providers and vendors are intensifying efforts to protect data from prying eyes.  
Reducing readmissions is an important way to improve quality and lower health care spending, and hospitals are making significant progress. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported that the national readmission rate (i.e., instances when patients return to the same or different…