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Employee Engagement Drives Health Care Quality and Financial Returns

Harvard Business Review

Among the many changes ushered in with the new health care law is the shift to value-based purchasing, which ties a system’s Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements to the quality of the services it provides. These broad drivers are, in fact, common to most of our clients across the health care industry. A Case in Point.

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The Big Picture of Business: Been There, Done That

Strategy Driven

Business development. Everyone knows that dentists, nurses, social workers and respiratory therapists are all health care professionals. Human resources management. In budgeting for and pricing consulting services, budget for consulting at the start of the fiscal year, averaging 10 percent of gross sales.

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Where are you on the management scale of newbie to expert hacker?

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They develop action plans. Business planning (analysis, forecasting, budgeting…). Move towards developing a long-term relationship with a single supplier. Human Resource Management : this is the management of the people you have hired. Training and development. Human Resource Management.

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Start the Year in the Right Rhythm

Harvard Business Review

From my experience, there are at least three types of cadence that leaders need to create: Planning and Budgeting: First, leaders need to make sure that an effective planning and budgeting cycle is in place at an organization level. This is the cadence that forces people to set strategies and goals and translate them into plans.

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The Cure for the Common Corporate Wellness Program

Harvard Business Review

But human resources departments can reconfigure their offerings so they are embraced, not resented. How can one be sure their position is not driven by genuine health concerns but rather by a desire for more control? Second, wellness has become a marketing tool for health plans, nowhere more so than at Aetna.

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5 Ways U.S. Hospitals Can Respond to Medicare’s Mounting Costs

Harvard Business Review

hospitals from treating Medicare patients escalated sharply in 2012, when Congress included Medicare in its budget sequester, and they have remained high since. Transforming Health Care. If hospitals do not aggressively manage the cost of caring for Medicare patients against these fixed payments, losses result.

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The Internet of Things Will Change Your Company, Not Just Your Products

Harvard Business Review

In addressing the billion-dollar adherence problem, Vitality (since acquired by NANTHEALTH ) considered the interests of the players in the diverse ecosystem, including pharmaceutical companies, retail pharmacies, and health care providers. Human resources. These may involve new areas for the company (e.g.,