Do you have several proposals from strategy consultants? These questions are designed to help you make the right selection for your project and team. A client recently asked me how he might select between different consultants and their firms. The simple answer would be to say “pick my firm”; but in fact that may not be the right answer. The sooner the client and the consultant know they have the right match between a client’s challenge...
How to Choose a Consultant?
Social Media and Hospital/Healthcare Systems
Learning objectives of this session: Understand the Web 2.0 concepts and how to use them, while considering risks and rewards Learn from other healthcare systems on how to leverage these tools to meet different goals Identify opportunities within the context of creating new women-focused programs. Web 2.0: A second generation of internet-based electronic tools to enhance communication, support collaboration, and enable users to build and...
Becker’s Hospital Review: 4 Ways the Hospital C-Suite Will Change Post-Reform
Written by Lindsey Dunn Hospitals today face a number of transformational changes as a result of healthcare reform and other initiatives to better coordinate and reduce the cost of care. As hospitals move away from fee-for-service models toward more accountable care, the characteristics of the hospital C-suite as well as the skills of those within it will need to change in order to ensure the hospital’s success. Here, Mary Kate Scott,...
Decoding the Costs of the Health Care Reform for Mid-Size Employers
Hospitals Face Pressure From Employers to End Cost-Shifting, Enter Into Non-Traditional Arrangements to Reduce Costs. As legislators debate coverage options for the uninsured, employers around the country have one simple question: What will it cost my business? This is an excerpt of a presentation given to CEOs, CFOs, and Board members of Milestone Partners Portfolio group October 27, 2009 by Mary Kate Scott. The presentation outlined the...
Becker’s Hospital Review – “Hospitals Face Pressure From Employers to End Cost-Shifting, Enter Into Non-Traditional Arrangements to Reduce Costs”
Written by Lindsey Dunn Costing-shifting has long been used by hospitals to recoup losses incurred by treating Medicaid and Medicare patients, but employers — armed with increasingly sophisticated data on employee health costs — are increasingly pressuring hospitals and insurers to end the practice. In the past, insurers have accepted the practice, passing the cost onto their members through premium increases, but recent signals in the...
The Good Practice: Treating Underserved Dental Patients While Staying Afloat
This report outlines tools and techniques to help California dental practices contend with the financial limitations of treating low-income and uninsured patients. An issue brief examines the difficulties facing federally qualified health centers. August 2008 California’s low reimbursement rates for Medicaid dental services stand as a major obstacle to improving the oral health of its low-income population. Denti-Cal, the state’s...