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Shared sacrifices, shared responsibilities will be key

With the election behind us, the Obama team is quickly assembling a team to implement his broad agenda of healthcare reform. Complicating the...
Healthcare Financial Management, 01/01/09 by Ray Lefton · More from publication
Helping patients stay healthier

It's another example of the Pareto principle (or 80-20 rule): The sickest 10 percent of Medicare beneficiaries account for 75 percent of the...
Healthcare Financial Management, 12/01/08 by Ray Lefton · More from publication
Regional healthcare planning benefits all

Encourage Regional Planning Encourage Regional Planning Five counties in southeastern Pennsylvania are now home to more heart programs than the...
Healthcare Financial Management, 11/01/08 by Ray Lefton · More from publication
Helping government find its rightful place in the reform movement: this month, Lefton examines three regulation-related strategies for reforming the U.S. healthcare system. See Lefton's June column for the complete list of 14 strategies he believes will b

In these last weeks before the Nov. 4 election, Senators McCain and Obama will undoubtedly be debating what needs to be done to fix the U.S....
Healthcare Financial Management, 10/01/08 by Ray Lefton · More from publication
Take the IT high road toward health reform: no health reform plan is complete without acknowledging the importance of IT in improving the quality of patient care

Creating a health IT network that crosses providers and states is a vision shared by many. But getting all the pieces in place to achieve this...
Healthcare Financial Management, 09/01/08 by Ray Lefton · More from publication
Addressing roadblocks to hospital-physician alignment: the Hippocratic Oath is a guiding force behind every decision that a physician makes. But it would be idealistic not to acknowledge that physicians have economic as well as humanitarian interests at s

Addressing roadblocks to hospital-physician alignment: the Hippocratic Oath is a guiding force behind every decision that a physician makes....
Healthcare Financial Management, 08/01/08 by Ray Lefton · More from publication

Reducing variation in healthcare delivery: the lack of clinical and administrative standardization across the provider and payer spectrum creates variation and inefficiency

Ray Lefton's June column outlined the need for meaningful healthcare reform and presented 14 reform strategies. This month, Lefton examines two of...
Healthcare Financial Management, 07/01/08 by Ray Lefton · More from publication
Putting meaning into healthcare reform: a look at the major drivers of healthcare inflation points to 14 strategies that have the potential to dramatically curb costs

Putting meaning into healthcare reform: a look at the major drivers of healthcare inflation points to 14 strategies that have the potential to...
Healthcare Financial Management, 06/01/08 by Ray Lefton · More from publication
What's it worth? Cost shifting, a practice that can often result in significant financial burden on self-pay patients, is leading to greater scrutiny of hospital charging practices

What's it worth? Cost shifting, a practice that can often result in significant financial burden on self-pay patients, is leading to greater...
Healthcare Financial Management, 12/01/03 by Ray B. Lefton · More from publication
Expanding weekend and holiday clinical services: a financial perspective

Managed care organizations are denying payment for weekend and holiday inpatient stays at hospitals that offer therapeutic and interventional...
Healthcare Financial Management, 12/01/98 by Ray B. Lefton · More from publication

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Shared sacrifices, shared responsibilities will be key

Helping patients stay healthier

Regional healthcare planning benefits all

Helping government find its rightful place in the reform movement: this month, Lefton examines three regulation-related strategies for reforming the U.S. healthcare system. See Lefton's June column for the complete list of 14 strategies he believes will b

Take the IT high road toward health reform: no health reform plan is complete without acknowledging the importance of IT in improving the quality of patient care

Addressing roadblocks to hospital-physician alignment: the Hippocratic Oath is a guiding force behind every decision that a physician makes. But it would be idealistic not to acknowledge that physicians have economic as well as humanitarian interests at s

Reducing variation in healthcare delivery: the lack of clinical and administrative standardization across the provider and payer spectrum creates variation and inefficiency

Putting meaning into healthcare reform: a look at the major drivers of healthcare inflation points to 14 strategies that have the potential to dramatically curb costs

What's it worth? Cost shifting, a practice that can often result in significant financial burden on self-pay patients, is leading to greater scrutiny of hospital charging practices

Expanding weekend and holiday clinical services: a financial perspective

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