A peer-to-peer blog to help healthcare executives and physicians thrive in an ever-changing landscape.
By Steve Hendrick Management at one large orthopedic practice noticed a disturbing trend: compensation for one of the group’s busiest spine surgeons was suddenly declining. At a time when reimbursements are shrinking and practice margins are tight, this finding...
By Bruce Cohen, M.D. Medical Advisor, Calm Waters AI As the former administrative leader of a large provider group, I was continually inundated with meeting requests from prospective vendors eager to present the best and newest technology solutions to my problems. I...
A Healthcare CFO’s financial woes – beneath the surface By Aaron McAdams, Chief Accounting Officer, Calm Waters AI When I read recently, as you may have, about a hospital in Tennessee that missed payroll, I started to feel some of the old anxieties I remember from my...
Are you sitting on a gold mine? By Aaron McAdams, Chief Accounting Officer, Calm Waters AI The data embedded in your practice group or health system is a veritable gold mine. And now a word about gold-mining: Getting the gold is not easy. In places like...
By Bruce Cohen, M.D., Medical Advisor, Calm Waters AI As a practicing physician today, I hear a lot about value-based care: It’s coming, and it’s big. But I am not sure there is much understanding of how value-based care will affect each one of us. I think we...
How delays create denials and bad debt—and what you can do about it. by Aaron McAdams, Chief Financial Officer, Calm Waters AI As a hospital CFO, I calculated our net revenues by subtracting three sets of numbers—contractual allowances, denials, and bad...
How one provider group pinpointed the most profitable spot for expansion. by Blake Wylie, Chief Technology Officer, Montecito Medical Imagine this scenario. You’re a leader of a medical practice group, or maybe a small health system. You’re looking to grow in...
Artificial intelligence shows great promise in helping providers save time and money and enhance the quality of care. But... by Joe Ferro, President, Calm Waters AI You’re probably seeing article after article in healthcare publications about how artificial...
New technologies are helping provider organizations bring greater efficiency and precision to the cumbersome process of clinician recruitment by identifying candidates who aren’t even looking. by Paul Vernich, Senior Vice-President of Winnow at Aya Healthcare ...
Two-thirds of physicians say they are experiencing symptoms of burnout. What can help ease the burden on providers? You might be surprised.
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