There is a blur of change happening in healthcare services. Solutions such as reduced staffing positions, production processing of patients, secretive pricing policies – all have been pushed by large hospital systems as a move to maximize profit. Increasingly, … Continued
The New Year is an ideal time for CEO’s to consider improving services. Take a minute and begin with a walk- through of your facility, just as if you were a first time patient or visitor. Spend a few minutes … Continued
Many successful health care leaders recognize that maintaining they’re operational flexibility is the key to the future longevity of their organizations’. The pattern of new consumer habits, new competitors entering the Field, shorter business cycles and value creation is increasingly … Continued
Implementation of Managed Care controls across most health care services has consequences for patients, providers and health delivery systems. The term “Managed Care” is increasingly utilized to cover a variety of organizational structures, insurance benefits, and regulations. Today the intent … Continued
When companies hit hard times, it is not uncommon for managers to shuffle their complement of supervisors. The natural tendency of new managers on the scene is to reorganize, sometimes repeatedly. But does that approach really fix what’s not working … Continued
In over forty years of experience delivering behavioral health services, experience has taught our Team: change should be evolutionary and almost never revolutionary. The popular notion flowing from inexperienced managers inevitably urges rapid change as a daily prerequisite for organizational … Continued
In this rapidly changing healthcare landscape health care executives will be held to greater levels of accountability. Old line managers used to doing business as usual, will have to quickly adapt to the reality of new accountability standards designed by … Continued
Over the course of forty years in the field of behavioral healthcare services, experience has taught me change should be evolutionary and virtually never revolutionary. The popular notion flowing from inexperienced managers inevitably urges rapid change as a daily prerequisite … Continued
Managed Care Plans are programs designed to control the costs of healthcare services. These plans employ various strategies to manage patient use, quality, and financing. Strategies include setting annual and lifetime limits, implementing co-payments, and requiring pre-approvals for certain services. … Continued
Trending costs in Behavioral Health services has brought an increased focus to the problem of spiraling health care costs. Behavioral Health treatment providers and their representative associations, have not addressed the problem of increasing costs with a sensible set of … Continued
